Re: [GZG] [OT] Re: Ginger

On Wed, 16 Jun 2010, Phillip Atcliffe wrote:

> Richard Bell wrote:
>> This makes me think of something a friend of mine wrote:
>>   People who go on about the purity of the English language amuse me.

>> English has all the purity of a cribhouse whore. It not only borrows
words 
>> from other languages, it lures small languages into dark alleys and
rolls 
>> them for spare vocabulary.
>> 
> I believe the original quote was:
>
> "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." -- [Prof.?]
James D. 
> Nicoll
>
> And it's true, too. English will, given the oppotunity, run utterly
amok 
> (Malay word! <g>) in its desire to find new vocab.
>
> Phil

On Wed, 16 Jun 2010, Robert Mayberry wrote:

> Or my favorite quote:
>
> "English is the result of Norman men-at-arms attempting to pick up
> Saxon barmaids and is no more legitimate than any of the other
> results." (H Beam Piper)

Sheesh.   I'm never playing "Who said it?" with ANY of you.   My
answer for all of these quotes was "Warren Ellis".

Mike
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