# Seriously, annex Mexico?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-annex-mexico/411802>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [July 15, 2007, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-annex-mexico/411802 "2007-07-15T00:28:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-annex-mexico/411802/21 "2007-07-17T13:50:14Z")

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[QUOTE=DrDeth]  
That is a paraphrase of a quotation by James Nicoll. The original wording: “The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don’t just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alley ways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.”  
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That makes more sense than the paraphrase. English is always hungry for new words.

But–Rules of Grammar? Who needs 'em?

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**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-annex-mexico/411802/22 "2007-07-17T14:37:04Z")

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Canada… **THEN** Mexico, Manifest Destiny baby!

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**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-annex-mexico/411802/23 "2007-07-17T14:39:54Z")

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The only way it could be possible is by counterbalancing the merger with Mexico with a simultaneous merger with Canada 🙂

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