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   On 2024-09-13 14:43:18 +0000, Christian Weisgerber said:   
      
   > On 2024-09-13, Ross Clark  wrote:   
   >   
   >> "our own tung shold be written cleane and pure, vnmixt and vnmangeled   
   >                                             ^^^^    ^^^        ^^^^^^   
   >> with borowing of other tunges... For then doth our tung naturallie and   
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   >> praisablie vtter her meaning"   
   >   ^^^^^^^^   
   >   
   > A bit late for that, in the 16th century.   
      
   No doubt, but even in the 20th century the poet Robert Bridges and   
   others were anxious to return English to a clean and pure state. I   
   don't think their ideas had much influence.   
      
      
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