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xxx: English doesn’t borrow words from other languages. English gets foreign vocabulary pounded into it during centuries of Norse and French hegemony, losing most of its native vocabulary in the process until it looks like a french dialect that fell down some stairs.
yyy: And got kicked into place by some Germans.
zzz: I would say “English is essentially a half dozen other languages locked in a small room. And they fight.”
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Все мои чувства к английскому языку, собранные в одном месте)
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“English doesn't borrow from other languages. English follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks them over and goes through their pockets for loose grammar.”
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