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Originally Posted by geekyworld
The B word is ok? The western "culture" never ceases to amaze! If this font ever sees the light of the day we can call it BObama  ) (the best B* combination of east & west). |
"bastardize" is not the B-word, otherwise you'd be right.
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=bastardize -- synonyms: distort, dilute, weaken, contaminate, etc.
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=bastard
In a similar vein, see the disambiguation page for "
bitch" on Wikipedia -- which might be an acceptable word if we were at a dog show... (see first reference listed)
You can probably put it down to English being a crazy language, according to many non-native English speakers.
Probably still best to double-check, if someone tells you it is acceptable in the most polite of societies. They might NOT be out of their mind.
