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“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.”
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“She’s fifteen, above the age of consent, and he’s seventeen, but he’s still “the boyâ€� in every conversation. She’s “the young womanâ€�.
Words are not small things.”
― Beartown
Words are not small things.”
― Beartown
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