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[Olwen the Odd]

English or American??

I'm totally lost
(as usual) Olwen

>>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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