Unlike French — credited with a mere 100,000 words, each authorized and sanctified by the Academie Francaise gatekeepers — English gathers new words with the gusto of a bag lady.
—Graeme McRanor, Canadian journalist, 24 Hours Vancouver, February 20, 2006

Posted on February 24, 2006 at 5:53 AM

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