he Tory xenophobes who police our coasts should watch their words. The so-called English language is actually a multicultural hubbub, jumbling together classical derivations, Anglo-Saxon roots, local dialect, fancy continental imports, and souvenirs of further-flung territories: the innocuous term “breeze”, for instance, is
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Sep 08, 2023
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