I love this quote

[brightlotusmoon]

"English is a language that lurks in dark alleys, beats up other languages and rifles through their pockets for spare vocabulary."
-Unknown

For me, it is mostly amusing due to the fact that I have a BA in Creative Writing. And I write science fiction and fantasy.

Ha.

Comments

HA!

[ncalrod]

VERY funny. True too.

Re: HA!

[brightlotusmoon]

And now I must get this book:
http://www.amazon.com/they-have-word-lighthearted-untranslatable/dp/1889330469/sr=8-1/qid=1160573385/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-3755088-3243340?ie=utf8

[sidheblessed]

Tis funny cos it's true!

[sealgair]

I don't know for certain, but that sure sounds like something Terry Pratchett would write!

I love it! Now I wish I could remember the one about how English is what happened when Anglo-Saxon raped ... German or something like that. Gah! *toddles off to search*

[brightlotusmoon]

Bwah! That's fantastic. Let me know if you find it.
And yah, that does sound like Terry Pratchett...