"My name is Jake Featherston, and I'm here to tell you the Truth."
Vulpine Fury's head swiveled slowly towards the Terran Television feed. It seemed that the BBC was rebroadcasting radio programs from the Lower 48, and that particular turn of phrase felt like a suckerpunch to the gut. He listened in the sort of sick fascination reserved for train wrecks and gruesome deaths as the closest thing to the Second Coming of Adolph Hitler blamed the "damyankees" for stealing Chihuahua and Sonora and giving them back to Mexico. He cringed at the shout of "FREEDOM!" that ended the speech, and stood dumbstruck in numb fascination at the images of what could pass for Sherman Tanks flying a mutilated Old Glory barreling into Ontario.
He got up and, telling Lime to take care of the storefront, began to make his way to the Watchtower. He was going to go on his active duty rotation a little earlier than he expected.
''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
Vulpine Fury's head swiveled slowly towards the Terran Television feed. It seemed that the BBC was rebroadcasting radio programs from the Lower 48, and that particular turn of phrase felt like a suckerpunch to the gut. He listened in the sort of sick fascination reserved for train wrecks and gruesome deaths as the closest thing to the Second Coming of Adolph Hitler blamed the "damyankees" for stealing Chihuahua and Sonora and giving them back to Mexico. He cringed at the shout of "FREEDOM!" that ended the speech, and stood dumbstruck in numb fascination at the images of what could pass for Sherman Tanks flying a mutilated Old Glory barreling into Ontario.
He got up and, telling Lime to take care of the storefront, began to make his way to the Watchtower. He was going to go on his active duty rotation a little earlier than he expected.
''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