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Originally Posted by GlenBarrington
But I contend that once another language borrows a word, and changes pronunciation or even meaning and spelling, that is every bit as valid as the original meaning and pronounciation. Strong, dynamic, languages do that sort of thing.
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I can just about accept that you call beef burgers hamburgers despite the lack of pig and I don't want to get onto what you did to aluminium
But the only people I've ever seen use liseuse seem a bit, suspiciously, well, French (or at least French speaking).
That's right, I started a sentence with a conjunction in a cunning attempt to divert away from the francophobia, pretty sure I got away with it
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Originally Posted by GlenBarrington
So true! you are one ridiculously sick pundit!  |
Well, either thank you or damn you depending on which side of the generational divide you fall
