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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)
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)