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