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Is there a book 'English: The Good Parts'?
or does English just not have any good parts
@natecull by how english goes around nicking stuff from every other language english itself is "all the other languages: the good parts" cobbled together with string
@troubleMoney @natecull that's us - our favorite word is 'appropriation'
@donblanco @natecull @troubleMoney Appropriation feels negative, it's not like other languages (except maybe those that developed in isolation) were formed differently
@elomatreb @natecull @troubleMoney Two points: 1 - vast majority of English is borrowed, mainly from Latin http://www.dictionary.com/e/word-origins/
2 - We appropriate a lot of other things, traditionally through colonization. It *should* have a negative connotation (imho)
@donblanco I know, but that's just how languages form? E.g. German is made from equal parts of Latin and old German, which was a mixture of even older languages, etc.
Appropriation in the context of colonization is definitely the right word, but it's not like anyone colonized Latin (probably the other way around, actually)
Appropriation in the context of colonization is definitely the right word, but it's not like anyone colonized Latin (probably the other way around, actually)
@donblanco @troubleMoney
appropriation is always appropriate!