Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Today's Word—Making Language

Wordish Dalliances

“English is the product of a Saxon warrior trying to make a date with an Angle barmaid, and as such is no more legitimate than any of the other products of that conversation.”
—H. Beam Piper (1904-1964), science fiction author (Thanks to alert WORDster Ann Berry)

1 comment:

  1. Bjb replied: "Or as I like to say, the Saxon journalist came to town, looking for the local Angle."

    Excellent.

    TP

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