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Thought this might amuse you:

"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



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In a message dated 8/14/2003 11:05:17 AM Eastern Standard Time,
KathrynJB@... writes:

> "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
>

Awesome! Love this!!

Although we (in the past) did not unschool, we've always been sort of
eclectic, and my kids never did a spelling course, and the only thing they did that
resembled English/Grammar was "Wordsmith" and writing a lot. They have learned
great spelling, language mechanics, creative writing, just from reading and
using the computer. Spell check is the best spelling "program" around.

Nancy B. in WV


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