@qurlyjoe @toxy @BackFromTheDud
I also like:
"The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary"
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This is a comment on the English language and not on gender politics so please cut me some slack. -
This is a comment on the English language and not on gender politics so please cut me some slack.@toxy @BackFromTheDud
I'm pretty sure I've stolen it from somewhere else, so pinch with pride! -
This is a comment on the English language and not on gender politics so please cut me some slack.@toxy @BackFromTheDud
Ah, but English is at least three languages in a trenchcoat