Miladus ad usum Delphinorum has posted a quotation from Scipion Dupleix [1569-1661] on language. Knowing better, yet I'll hazard a translation. (See his entry for the original text.)
Posted by jim at June 21, 2003 09:08 AMAdmittedly, some opinions, or rather conceits, if mad, make me think that to these wits, language is like eating. For just as there are some foods that worry delicate stomachs, yet are ordinary fare for others, likewise there are some recent terms in common usage that are nevertheless unpleasant to these critics.