"Hey! Could you had me the reticulated frammistat?"
"Where is it?"
"Right next to the thingummy and the whatsit, on the other side of the doohickey."
"Oh. Just so we're clear."
''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
"Where is it?"
"Right next to the thingummy and the whatsit, on the other side of the doohickey."
"Oh. Just so we're clear."
''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