Some, if not all, of you are exposed to late-teen jargon. Cultural inertia has grabbed, and the German's have, yet again, woven their words into the fabric of American English. I can't say I use the word regularly, but it doesn't seem like we have a choice whether or not we want to hear it. French is still considered more sophisticated:
Excerpt: "English speakers have traditionally turned to our tongue's Germanic side when we seek to be direct. (Some Germanic words: run, eat, beat, and yes, suck.) But we turn to our French romance roots when we're looking for a little more formality. (Romance words: saunter, devour, chastise.)"
Wednesday, August 02, 2006
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Let's see the French give us anything as pithily direct as Fock
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