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James Nicoll
Canadian
Writer
Born:
Mar 18
,
1961
Beat
Borrow
Down
English
Just
Words
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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
Words
Down
Other
Borrow
Vocabulary
Pockets
Pursued
Beat
Unconscious
New
Occasion
Just
Them
Languages
English
Rifle
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