14-10-2023, 04:23 PM
(14-10-2023, 02:03 PM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: Ha. Born and bred here to a second generation kiwi and a Scottish soldier who saw active service for this country. My kiwi creds are impeccable, and definitely not a blue anything you silly sausage.
If you think how we spell a word, or which one we use is more important than communicating, then you are in ignorance of the reason we invented words in the first place.
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Yes. And also, it can be quite humbling to learn the origins of words and expressions that we look down on for various reasons ("gotten" was one of my bêtes noires until I learned that it is of English origin and is perfectly correct in the right context).
As for "bathroom" as a euphemism for lavatory, I agree that it is excessively genteel but "toilet" used to be regarded as a genteelism too but these days it is regarded as normal.