So thankful English is my first language. What a damned nightmare of a lexicon.
“The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don’t just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.” -James D. Nicoll
ISMO does this with “shit”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igh9iO5BxBo
So thankful English is my first language. What a damned nightmare of a lexicon.
“The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don’t just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.” -James D. Nicoll