2005-08-24

Displacing America: A New Chinese Empire

Chinese language is different from English in that English accepts new word coinage like "a randy dog."

That's a new one. Here's a famous one: "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

English, possibly a language of individuality. It unites as much as it divides.

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