[Bryn-gwlad] interesting group

[R Carchia]

OMG OMG someone else knows my favorite author H.B Piper!!!!!

Lady Tomoko

/who _almost_ has all his books


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Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 15:49:52 -0500
From: Stefan li Rous <StefanliRous at austin.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [Bryn-gwlad] interesting group
To: Barony of Bryn Gwlad <bryn-gwlad at lists.ansteorra.org>
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On Jun 18, 2007, at 7:00 PM, Tim McDaniel wrote:

 > On Sun, 17 Jun 2007, Joanna Varner <Joanna.Varner at tdi.state.tx.us>
 > wrote:
 >> To quote a friends signature line:
 >>
 >> "English doesn't borrow from other languages. English follows other
 >> languages down dark alleys, knocks them over, and goes through their
 >> pockets for loose grammar."
 >
 > The exact wording (with the original typo corrected):
 >
 >      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.
 >          -- James D. Nicoll

There is also this one, recently posted to the SCA-cooks list:
  From Fuzzy Sapiens by H. Beam Piper (1964)

"English is the result of Norman soldiers attempting to pick up
Anglo-Saxon barmaids, and is no more legitimate than any of the other
results."

Stefan
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THLord Stefan li Rous    Barony of Bryn Gwlad    Kingdom of Ansteorra
     Mark S. Harris           Austin, Texas
StefanliRous at austin.rr.com
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