re: #175 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I forget where the quote originated, but it stated that English does not just borrow words from other languages, it follows them down dark alleys, hits them over the head and rifles their pockets…
“English doesn’t borrow from other languages. English follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks them over and goes through their pockets for loose vocabulary.”
- James D. Nicoll