Phew.

I've spent an exciting afternoon so far reading articles about Icelandic language politics and purism. It really makes me proud of my own mongrel of a language, I have to say. I think one of the many reasons English does so well for itself is that it's well up for being influenced by other languages. Apart from the odd grammar Nazi, no one really minds what you do with it as long as they can follow what you're saying. It's really very flexible, no?