William S. Burroughs Quote on Language

[Sam Clements]

Fred,

I'm just googling on "groups" and this came up.
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=borroughs+virus&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&safe=of
f&selm=30mfl4%24of6%40tuba.cit.cornell.edu&rnum=3

Don't know if it helps. It doesn't contain the exact phrase, but it does
have the words in there.
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From: "Fred Shapiro" <fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU>
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Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2003 10:14 PM
Subject: William S. Burroughs Quote on Language


> Can anyone help me determine the precise source of the William S.
> Burroughs quotation, "Language is a virus from outer space"?
>
> Fred Shapiro
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