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Old 05-10-2007, 11:56 PM   #4
Urbane Guerrilla
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“English doesn’t borrow from other languages. English follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks them over and goes through their pockets for loose grammar!”

- Author unknown
All over the Web, and nobody knows who said it first. I've always imagined a Freshman English prof. Comes variously with exclamation point or a mere period.
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