Book 11. (1 results) Slave Girl of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 4 | 316 | How many, in View more quotes about english">English, for example, think of expressions such as 'automobile,' 'corral,' and 'lariat' as being foreign words? "Collar!" I said. |
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Book 11. (7 results) Slave Girl of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 4 | 313 | It may well be that almost all Gorean expressions may be traced to one or another Earth language. |
| 4 | 314 | Yet, the language is fluid, rich and expressive. |
| 4 | 315 | Borrowed expressions, as in linguistic borrowing generally, take on the coloration of the borrowing language; in time the borrowings become naturalized, so to speak, being fully incorporated into the borrowing language; at this point they are, for all practical purposes, words within the borrowing language. |
| 4 | 316 | How many, in English, for example, think of expressions such as 'automobile,' 'corral,' and 'lariat' as being foreign words? "Collar!" I said. |
| 4 | 317 | Eta frowned. |
| 4 | 318 | "Ko-lar," she repeated, again indicating the neck band of steel fashioned on her throat. |
| 4 | 319 | "Ko-lar," I said, carefully following her pronunciation. |
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It may well be that almost all Gorean expressions may be traced to one or another Earth language.
Yet, the language is fluid, rich and expressive.
Borrowed expressions, as in linguistic borrowing generally, take on the coloration of the borrowing language; in time the borrowings become naturalized, so to speak, being fully incorporated into the borrowing language; at this point they are, for all practical purposes, words within the borrowing language.
How many, in English, for example, think of expressions such as 'automobile,' 'corral,' and 'lariat' as being foreign words? "Collar!" I said.
Eta frowned.
"Ko-lar," she repeated, again indicating the neck band of steel fashioned on her throat.
"Ko-lar," I said, carefully following her pronunciation.
- (Slave Girl of Gor)