Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 13:06:25 -0400 () From: Terry Goldie <tgoldie-AT-YorkU.CA> Subject: Re: "smokescreen of Latinate words" There was an attempt in the mid-19C by a number of writers, most prominently Tennyson, to use Anglo-saxon words on the premise that Latinate words represented foreign influence harmful to the good English character. t Terry Goldie English Department York University North York, Ontario Canada M3J 1P3 voice: 416-604-3670 fax: 416-736-5412 email: tgoldie-AT-yorku.ca --- from list postcolonial-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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