“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.” -James Nicoll
fuck all french origin words in english
they all behave counter to the rest of english logic
What logic?
You know, the logic that has a word like “knight” where half of the letters are silent.
It had its own logic before the inanity of French came in during the Norman Invasion
“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.” -James Nicoll