Jean Aitchison's Metaphors

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Y N J J R R J S K J V N C O J H H I N H V
S P C T G D B M Q J C B V E G H J H R D B
R Q R A D U S V K K K M D E U Y D F X A Q
N U U J Y V V C X J U I I R U F A M X X H
R W M O Y Y X F S K S I N H I W M G B X L
E W B D F E Q Y C E D R F C R T P B Q E L
M L L L Y D Q J P D H F E C T Y S O F I U
F K I R G Q F U Q R V Y C C O S P C T R Q
D I N T K B O S L U O G T Q D H O E H C V
W J G C N I U L D N Y M I N Y A O A R T U
O B C E M X S W O K V J O E J G N X L V Q
R R A F C V J M H E O L U E A K N U U T W
J M S R H Y S D F N I J S D O M X P R D C
W A T E I F F B J S W R D E H S P U N P E
R X L P E F Q B B P K F I W T E R A A V Y
L N E S R B X R K E Y K S G K K Q J F C P
H I M W P M B V G E O U E H G G S A Q L C
J O B Q W W F R K C W O A W I C D K A U H
S M P D H S J W X H P X S V U H E B E X O
V M P P E Q A T O T I X E D A R T M C J A
G W R X K S C H H Q L N X M H Y O Y B Q F

Clues

  • Extra point: Aitchison points out that people only adopt new words if there is a _ for them. (4)
  • Extra point: the main flaw to this is that there was no time in history when the English language was... (7)
  • Extra point: what did Aitchison say the only truly 'lazy' speech was? (7, 6)
  • Implies that language change happens due to laziness in its use. (4, 5)
  • Implies that speakers of non-Standard English are 'infecting' others with an inferior form. (10, 7)
  • Implies that Standard English must be preserved at any cost. (9, 6)

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