Originally Posted by b0ned0me
Bah. English is mostly a grab-bag of old german, french, latin, dutch, scandinavian, hindi and whatnot anyhow. Might as well stop using the word 'book' while we're at it, nothing but a dubious German import. Lisuesueueuse is a perfectly cromulent word, although probably tough on people with lisps.
If anglophones can sit on the verandah of their bungalow wearing pyjamas, sipping chai while using a telephone to arrange a rendez-vous after the siesta that will follow their lunchtime mulligatawny, I don't see why they can't have a read of some e-livres on their lisueuseusesessethingys while they're at it.
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