I appreciate the sympathy and reciprocate it. However it DOES have some benefits, like being able to do something as simple as connecting a VCR to a TV without a tuner due to old age and restoring the ability to change channels... and being viewed as a tech god.....
''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
''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