[Sca-cooks] A fun thought while translating

[Robert Downie]

I like it!  I came across a similar one by that famous author, Anonymous:

English doesn't borrow from other languages.  It follows them down dark alleys,
knocks them over and rummages through their pockets for loose grammar.

Faerisa

Sharon Gordon wrote:

> Saw this quote and thought anyone dealing with early English would enjoy the
> thought. :-)
>
> "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."                -- H. Beam Piper