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Show - : PURIST INDORSES ! MODERN SLANG BERKELEY. Feb. !. Slang may sound unacademlc, but It's not doing either the English languag. or th. people who use It much hsrm. says President R P. Utter of the department depart-ment of English at th. university. "I. for one." says the professor, "do not believe that slang has any effect on language which th. moat sealoua purist need dread. It doe. about as much harm to the language aa a bird doea to the air by flying through It. Slang may be a wed In our academic garden., but I doubt If we can eradicate eradi-cate It or even Intimidate It, by throwing throw-ing a fit every time It raises Its bead. "If slang expressions win out and make their way In good eoclety. they are true mettle and we need not grudge them their places." |