“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 Nicoll
What logic?
You know, the logic that has a word like “knight” where half of the letters are silent.
look i’m not trying to defend english
french loan words are just worse
It had its own logic before the inanity of French came in during the Norman Invasion
“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 Nicoll
I love the quote, but I think it’s important to credit its creator - James Nicoll
Also before the English fixed their spelling in like 1500, and then did 500 years of sound shifting. It needs a spelling reform, desperately.