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THERE are a lot of prejudices regarding language and language use. Maybe the most common one is the idea that indigenous languages are primitive. However, as professor David Crystal says, "There is no such a thing as a primitive language: every language is capable of great beauty and power of expression." Borrowings can be taken as much as needed in order to improve the language, to adapt to new times. English words like 'table,' 'government,' 'priest,' 'bay' or 'simple' come from French. Few people know that 45 percent of English words actually come from French. And nobody comes to say that English is a "bastardized" language: the essence of the language was not affected, but invigorated.

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