[PW] Source of Quote re English & Loan Words

[S M Colowick]

>From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_D._Nicoll:

In 1990, in the Usenet group rec.arts.sf-lovers, Nicoll wrote the
following epigram on the English language:

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.

smc

On Dec 21, 2007 5:05 AM, Ivan Van Laningham <ivanlan at pauahtun.org> wrote:
> Hi All--
> According to http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-116140957.html ,
>
>  >>>
> The American educator, Booker T. Washington, once put it this way:
>
> "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."
> <<<
>
> Did Washington really say this first?  Can anyone provide an attribution?