“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 Davis Nicoll
I ran across the quote today and thought it both funny and appropriate. What’s your favorite writing/grammar/language quote?~k
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Stealing Words
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged language, quotes, writing on November 21, 2007 | 7 Comments »
Testing the Waters
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged finding my way around, greetings, looking for friends on November 18, 2007 | 14 Comments »
Greetings, one and all,
Several members, or maybe that should be several “former” members, of another popular social networking site (that was originally billed as a writer’s site) have encouraged me to throw my hat into the wordpress ring. So, I’m asking, “is the grass really greener over here?” If so, I’d like to divest myself [...]
