[PW] Source of Quote re English & Loan Words

Lois Aleta Fundis lfundis at weir.net
Fri Dec 21 21:12:20 PST 2007


Re James Nicoll:,  Michael J. Lowrey wrote:
> I've know James (not John) for years. He's Canadian:  a now-retired
> game shop owner, a sometime first reader for science fiction
> publishers, and one of the most urbane and pleasant persons ever to
> grace certain science-fiction- and history-related Usenet newsgroups,
> particularly rec.arts.sf.written and rec.arts.sf.fandom. He's
> perpetually bemused by the fact that that trifling observation of his
> (originally part of a discussion, not a .sig) should have gained so
> much fame, and been credited to so many other people.
>
> You can get a small taste of his personality by reading the article
> about him on Wikipedia, which I've helped edit over the years.
>   
And which is at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_D._Nicoll

Lois, who was at least once in the same room with both James and "Orange 
Mike."

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