> Until reading this book I never truly realized what sort of a Frankenlanguage English really is. "The problem with defending the purity of the English langua

> Until reading this book I never truly realized what sort of a Frankenlanguage English really is. "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 riffle their pockets for new vocabulary." - James Nicoll https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Nicoll https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Nicoll