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The Repubicans should be careful about this stuff. For example, in English "torture" doesn't mean "enhanced interrogation techniques", and "disclose" doesn't mean "hide", and "transvaginal ultrasound" doesn't mean "protect the unborn".

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i just spent last weekend in a shakespeare (theatre) workshop. we spent a good hour talking about english and it's descent and how corrupted and fluid and free it is.

also, how it's tots just french and german only twice the vocabulary of either.

english is wasted on these fuckwits (MADE UP WORD!!)

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i feel more jobs growing already.

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There's no cure There's no answer.

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That's what I like about going to the Central Market here in Austin. You hear Russian, Chinese, sometimes French and Italian. It's almost like I don't live in fucking Texas.

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Somehow, King does not strike me as a library type. Unless it's the Library of Cock-Fighting. (BTW, do <i>not</i> try to use the restrooms there.)

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"Stewardess, I speak Jive."

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They should call Jules to testify.

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They particularly want to outlaw "amigo".

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Trent Franks: Vete a la chingada

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I was looking for a new hobby. Thanks!

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That's the great nation of Vespucci, right?

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Yes, someone who only speaks Spanish desperately trying to tell a forest ranger about a possible fire starting, or point out something suspicious to a TSA agent will certainly get the point about what we value in this republic.

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