me and this quote, we’re in loooooove
“English doesn’t borrow from other languages. English follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks them over and rummages through their pockets for loose grammar.”
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5.22.2008
splains all the latin and french.
ones pick pocketing a corpse, and the other?
hell, thats where the word “coward” come from. and “surrender”.
amd “bendoverthegermansarehere”.
(i know, i know. but its not like they’ll argue with me) -
Hey, we can be gung-ho about les francais, but then watch us squirm as they DEMAND we say “je voudrais deux Burger Royales”
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oh, come on, now, Daniel.
“demand”?
thats a french word, true enough.
and they can have it.
demand is old french for “stomping of the foot”.
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