_____________________[PRO] English is as pure as cribhouse whore

[congeries]

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 rifle their pockets for new vocabulary. -- James D. Nicoll

in the journal of andrewducker

and also:

They don't even have a word for détente in Russian. - Henry Kissinger

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А вот эта история оказалась-таки враками, а я-то думал.

Я наснимал в Европе такое количество диагоналей и текстур, что теперь, наверное, год к фотоаппарату не притронусь...