SC - LONG! - coronation feasts and purchases

[margali]

>Yeah, except that English takes into itself quite a few
>foreign words and adopts them for its own nefarious purposes.
>At what point does a borrowed foreign word acquire native
>rights?
>
>
>Alban, who'll shut up now on this subject

A good quotation:

"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

- -Gytha, who will also shut up on this subject now.


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