Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 1 minute later[^][v]#375,453
@OP
Pointless and irrelevant to the fact that Americans can't speak proper English. Go be butthurt elsewhere you pathetic faggot.
squeegee (OP) replied with this 14 years ago, 2 minutes later, 4 minutes after the original post[^][v]#375,455
@previous (B)
I bet your accent is adorable. I think it's quaint how british people kept their gutter accents.
Anonymous B replied with this 14 years ago, 48 seconds later, 5 minutes after the original post[^][v]#375,456
@previous (squeegee)
Now you're just being childish.
postmortem joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 1 minute later, 7 minutes after the original post[^][v]#375,457
@375,453 (B)
American english is a newer, and improved upon version of British English. English 2.0 if you prefer. It is only a matter of time before your antiquated tongue with its unnecessary u's, and ridiculous pronunciations is rendered obselete. Enjoy your false sense of superiority.
Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 4 minutes later, 11 minutes after the original post[^][v]#375,461
@previous (postmortem)
History and Culture is what you are lacking.
Anonymous D double-posted this 14 years ago, 12 minutes later, 24 minutes after the original post[^][v]#375,470
Fats !BBbudGf3kM joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 33 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^][v]#375,495
"Egad!" has to be English, right?
Anonymous D replied with this 14 years ago, 8 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^][v]#375,499
@previous (Fats !BBbudGf3kM)
Egad is a 17th century corruption of Oh God. So Yes.
postmortem replied with this 14 years ago, 48 seconds later, 2 hours after the original post[^][v]#375,500
Any word invented by Shakespeare. Right? He's English, right? Right?
Anonymous D replied with this 14 years ago, 2 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^][v]#375,501
@previous (postmortem)
Pretty much - he "invented" a fair few words
Anonymous G joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 3 hours later, 5 hours after the original post[^][v]#375,541
@375,500 (postmortem)
He invented over 1700 words, but many of those were created by changing around existing words, and so we'd have to look at the origin of the word from which he derived his new word. He mainly just added prefixes and suffixes to existing words to make new words the same way we do today. For example, 10 years ago, "text" was strictly a noun. Then instead of saying "Send him a text" we started saying "Text him" or "I am texting" essentially turning the noun into a verb, and reinforcing it by adding the -ing suffix to what was originally a noun. This is just the sort of stuff Shakespeare did.
Anonymous H joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 1 day later, 1 day after the original post[^][v]#375,801
@375,470 (D) > countless
Count is from Old French counte
> critical
Critical is from Latin criticus.
> excellent
Excellent is from Latin excellent.
> lonely
Very good.
> majestic
Majestic is from Latin majestas.
> obscene
Obscene is from Latin obscaenus.
> damp
Very good.
> centrifugal
Centrifugal is from Latin centrifugus.
> explain
Explain is from Latin explanare.
> exact
Exact is from Latin exactus.
Anonymous I joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 31 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^][v]#375,806
> stroppy
Many sources contend that this is derived from the Latin obstreperous, but I find this difficult to believe because of the late date of the word (1950s). I would propose it is derived from strop, a device for sharpening a razor, which is derived from the Latin stroppus.