Homework Help: Quotes about English language origin

Posted by Rebekah on Saturday, April 30, 2011 at 4:28pm.

So I wanted to start my etymology paper about fascinating word origins with a quote as my attention grabber. I am looking for a quote that talks about the english language and the origin of most of its words. Some interesting quote. I don't even know if there is a type of quote like that but I looked on BrainyQuotes and all of the quotes arent really about word origins. Sorry if this is confusing!

Quotes about English language origin - Writeacher, Saturday, April 30, 2011 at 4:31pm
http://www.google.com/search?q=history+of+the+english+language&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&client=firefox-a&rlz=1R1GGLL_en___US379

Go into some of these sites and see if anything is useful.
Quotes about English language origin - Ms. Sue, Saturday, April 30, 2011 at 4:33pm
How about this one?

"Television? No good will come of this device. The word is half Greek and half Latin."
—C. P. Scott

http://wordinfo.info/unit/2996/ip:3/il:Q
Quotes about English language origin - Rebekah, Saturday, April 30, 2011 at 4:45pm
ooooooooo I am liking these quotes. Thankyou Ms. Sue and Writeacher!
Quotes about English language origin - Ms. Sue, Saturday, April 30, 2011 at 4:48pm
You're welcome, Rebekah.

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