Gunner Asch added these comments in the current discussion du
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On Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:53:54 -0500, Eli Grubman
"The problem with defending the purity of the English language
is that the English language is as pure as a crib-house 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

"England and America are two countries divided by a common
language" - George Bernard Shaw

"English is a language hard to understand, but easy to
misunderstand" - Unknown or George Bernard Shaw

--
HP, aka Jerry

"Most people with power would like to use it wisely, if someone
believable would tell them how", Robert Townsend in the book "Up
The Organization"