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Slang is a linguistic luxury, it is a sport, and, like any other sport, something that belongs to the young.

Otto Jespersen

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Although there exist many thousand subjects for elegant conversation, there are persons who cannot meet a cripple without talking about feet.
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Born: July 16, 1860
Died: April 30, 1943 (aged 82)
Bio: Jens Otto Harry Jespersen or Otto Jespersen was a Danish linguist who specialized in the grammar of the English language.
Known for:
  1. The Philosophy of Grammar (1924)
  2. Language: Its Nature, Development and Origin (1922)
  3. Growth and Structure of the English Language (1905)
  4. Analytic syntax (1937)

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