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Originally Posted by 5thWiggle
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And you know what English is? The result of the efforts of Norman men-at-arms to make dates with Saxon barmaids in the Ninth Century Pre-Atomic, and no more legitimate than any of the other results.
H. Beam Piper, Little Fuzzy
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Two of my favorite quotes on English.  |
Actually, that quote is from "Fuzzy Sapiens," chapter 9, when Dr. Mallin complains about the linguistic makeup of the word "Fuzzyologist", at which point Victor Grego makes Mallin's official title "Chief Fuzzyologist." (Yes, I have read all three books once or twice a year for the last 15 or so. Why do you ask? :P)