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Woodpecker
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08 April 2010 at 7:42am | IP Logged

cordelia0507 wrote:

The question was whether there was any truth to the statements made by Bill Bryson in his book "The Mother Tongue". I am not sure exactly what he wrote, but it would appear he was incorrect.

Either Bryson got the wrong end of the stick, didn't check his facts properly or the original poster misunderstood what he said. Bill Bryson's books on England are funny but he is quite prone to exaggerate and I would take his claims on anything with a pinch of salt.

I quoted exactly what he wrote in the first post of the thread. He was referencing a study by Magnus Ljung. Googling suggest that the study may in fact have applied only to English loan-words, which means Bryson was either confused or glossing over the truth to make his point stronger.

Edited by Woodpecker on 08 April 2010 at 7:45am

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