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fantollute t1_je6dxvo wrote

And in that coat is loose merchandise stolen from even more languages

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wombey12 t1_je6y1g9 wrote

>"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 Nicoll

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