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WORDS FAIL ME

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' Sources of New Words '
Logan Pearsall Smith
In his talk today Logan Pearsall Smith, author of ' The English Language' and other publications, will show by what methods our language has been enriched. The first great source of new words has always been that of borrowing from other languages. English is a composite language, and almost half of its terms are derived from other forms of speech.

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Logan Pearsall Smith
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Logan Pearsall
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National Programme is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 9th March 1930 and ended on the 9th September 1939. It was replaced by BBC Home Service.

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