LA Times story about infiltration of English ....

[sagehen]

Beverly Flanigan writes:
>  English is probably the greatest borrower of them all; get hold of a
>history of >the English language if you can!
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"Not only does the English Language borrow words from other languages, it
sometimes chases them down dark alleys, hits them over the head, and goes
through their pockets for loose grammar." -- Eddy Peters

This sig line has been appearing  on posts to a couple of other lists I get.
A. Murie