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[nosferatuvoice]

I've just run across the funniest quote ever. I've no idea who said it, but I thought I'd share just the same.

"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

Comments

[melissa2u]

It's funny becauuse it's true.

[nosferatuvoice]

Exactly!

[antigone_ks]

Sounds like Lynn Truss's "Eats Shoots and Leaves."

Her or Eddie Izzard :P

[nosferatuvoice]

Heee. It could be either one, I suppose. It was not posted with a cite, so I've no idea. But it was amusing.

[slashfairy]

James D. Nicoll

[nosferatuvoice]

Oh my goodness. What a coincidence that you knew the author! Thank you.

[clandestine269]

Hee - that was really funny! Made me think of the Eddie Izzard sketch 'Flags' for some reason.

[gal_montag]

It's funny coz it's true!