From: naddy@mips.inka.de   
      
   On 2024-09-13, Athel Cornish-Bowden  wrote:   
      
   > 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.   
      
   Obligatory pointer to Poul Anderson's "Uncleftish Beholding":   
   https://www.ling.upenn.edu/~beatrice/1100/docs/uncleftish-beholding.html   
      
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   Christian "naddy" Weisgerber                          naddy@mips.inka.de   
      
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