Query Details
| Query Subject: |
English lexical borrowing: the Eddy Peters quote
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| Author: | Steve Hartman Keiser | |
| Submitter Email: | click here to access email | |
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English
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| Query: |
I'm curious if anyone knows the origin of the following quote on the purported English proclivity to lexical borrowing:
''Not only does the English Language borrow words from other languages, it sometimes chases them down dark alleys, hits them over the head, and goes through their pockets.'' A google search finds it all over the web (e.g., by Anu Garg in Wordsmith.org?s Word-a-day Nov. 4, 2002) and it is always attributed to Eddy Peters. But since I can find no information on Eddy Peters, I wonder if this attribution isn't apocryphal. |
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| LL Issue: | 8.1471 | |
| Date posted: | 12-Oct-1997 | |
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