_____________________[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

Comments

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[centralasian.livejournal.com]

^_^

i write in english from time to time, and quite often post the news in english... but you are right, my main language is russian here... i publish a lot of pictures though :)

there is a number of online translators... surprisingly enogh, they are quite good in giving some sense of what is said, if one takes the hassle to use them...

imagine, i "read" japanese this way... not knowing any single hieroglyph :)

i read quite a technical stuff, though, written in a "proper" language... here in lj i obviously use all kind of slang and language games, and the translators make funny mistakes... look here, for example

http://www.livejournal.com/users/centralasian/418300.html

bad_evil_kitty became an expert in "interpreting" my writings :))