Talk:English language
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edit- English is the result of Norman men-at-arms attempting to pick up Saxon barmaids and is no more legitimate than any of the other results.
- H. Beam Piper (Little Fuzzy or Fuzzy Sapiens)
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"Oh, rubbish, Ernst. We're not speaking Greek; we're speaking Lingua Terra. You know what Lingua Terra is? An indiscriminate mixture of English, Spanish, Portuguese and Afrikaans, mostly English. And you know what English is? The result of the efforts of Norman men-at-arms to make dates with Saxon barmaids in the Ninth Century Pre-Atomic, and no more legitimate than any of the other results. If a little Greek suffix gets into a mess like that, it'll have to take care of itself the best way it can. And you'd better learn to like the term, because it's your new title. Chief Fuzzyologist; fifteen percent salary increase."
Retrieved from https://www.google.com/books/edition/Fuzzy_Sapiens/2Da2dGZNtxoC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=norman ISBN:9781101532720, 1101532726 (e-book) Aliza250 (talk) 02:18, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
- This is the sort of English up with which I will not put.