• baines@piefed.social
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    9 hours ago

    fuck all french origin words in english

    they all behave counter to the rest of english logic

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          3 hours ago

          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.