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, in rec.arts.sf-lovers, 1990. Mr Nicoll is a Canadian freelance games and science-fiction reviewer.
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Time Warp
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The Eccentric and the Weirdo
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The diagnosis is the easy part
A world dominated by China will be an uglier world. To keep China from bullying other nations, the US and our friends and allies need to decide where…
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