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Thread #139070   Message #3188810
Posted By: catspaw49
16-Jul-11 - 12:15 PM
Thread Name: BS:threat to English language from Americanisms
Subject: RE: BS:threat to English language from Americanisms
Like I said, we like to corrupt everything and assume WE are right! Like the Bush/entreprenur thing proves we rarely know where our words originate. The Shrub was demonstrably stupid but...........

I like what Fran Liebowitz once wrote on the subject:

"Do you know on this one block you can buy croissants in five different places? There's one store called Bonjour Croissant. It makes me want to go to Paris and open a store called Hello Toast".


Spaw