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English is the product of a Saxon warrior trying to make a date with an Angle bar-maid, and as such is no more legitimate than any of the other products of that conversation.

H. Beam Piper

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H. Beam Piper
Age: 60 †
Born: 1904
Born: March 23
Died: 1964
Died: November 11
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Altoona
Pennsylvania
Henry Beam Piper
Horace Beam Piper
Herbert Beam Piper
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English
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Conversation
Legitimate
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Angle
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Date
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