"Borrowing" is essential for communication. We're using words right here that other people (well, civilizations) have standardized. At a certain level of granul

"Borrowing" is essential for communication. We're using words right here that other people (well, civilizations) have standardized. At a certain level of granularity, all content is borrowed. A more useful question might be, "what's the largest proportion of a work you have ever borrowed?"