This silly bit on BBC News is so damn snooty. I love it.
There are 1300 comments that follow with even more gripes about "Americanisms". My favorite response comment (which begins quoting number 27 on the list) is:
Just looked at that. The first comment is SO GOOD, I GEEKED OUT:
"Hwæt! Wé Gárdena in géardagum þéodcyninga þrym gefrúnon hú ðá æþelingas ellen fremedon.
I trust everyone who has complained about Americanisms creeping in to the English language will have no trouble understanding the above. That's what English looked like around 1,300 years ago.
Ha! Out-snooted.
Just looked at that. The first comment is SO GOOD, I GEEKED OUT:
ReplyDelete"Hwæt! Wé Gárdena in géardagum
þéodcyninga þrym gefrúnon
hú ðá æþelingas ellen fremedon.
I trust everyone who has complained about Americanisms creeping in to the English language will have no trouble understanding the above. That's what English looked like around 1,300 years ago.
Language evolves."
I know some of those words! I am such a nerd...