Bastardisation of the English Language

Lusankya · Post by **Lusankya** » 2002-08-24 07:10am

Now, as we all know, the English language exists for the sole purpose of absorbing every little cool sound that comes it's way. To continue this proud tradition, I propose that we actively attempt to bring new words or grammar structures into English.

My favourites at the moment are the interrogative and emphatic coughs used by the race in Harry Turtledove's World War and Colonisation Series.

What do you think, and do you have any other suggestions.

Enforcer Talen · Post by **Enforcer Talen** » 2002-08-24 07:16am

well, staying online a lot makes me say lol and some other abbreviations offline. I occasionally use the battletech quaiff and quineg in conversation with another fan, I quote huttese when it seems appropriate, stuff like that.

Lusankya · Post by **Lusankya** » 2002-08-24 07:18am

But we must expose the general population to these new words and phrases! Else complete bastardisation of the English language will not be achieved!

Enforcer Talen · Post by **Enforcer Talen** » 2002-08-24 07:32am

right. mandatory viewings of sw ^^

Lusankya · Post by **Lusankya** » 2002-08-24 07:35am

That could work, but it'd be hard - non-SW people could view it as an attempt to convert them to an evil cult.

Enforcer Talen · Post by **Enforcer Talen** » 2002-08-24 07:36am

. . .so?

Raxmei · Post by **Raxmei** » 2002-08-24 07:38am

A Clockwork Orange must be made mandatory reading, my droogies!

Lusankya · Post by **Lusankya** » 2002-08-24 07:38am

Christians don't like our type "shoving" our culture down their throats.

Enforcer Talen · Post by **Enforcer Talen** » 2002-08-24 07:41am

I am a christian. lol.

and clockwork orange is soo cool.

and, most individualists don't. which is why we need scorched earth political party. ironycentral.com

vogel for president.

Lusankya · Post by **Lusankya** » 2002-08-24 07:43am

I meant screwed-up fundies. Not you rational types. Sorry. I should start being more explicit.

Enforcer Talen · Post by **Enforcer Talen** » 2002-08-24 07:46am

yep

and, fanatics of all kinds should be introduced to an evil cult. it's good for their soul.

Lusankya · Post by **Lusankya** » 2002-08-24 07:47am

This has got to be a record. 10 posts, and already off topic.

Enforcer Talen · Post by **Enforcer Talen** » 2002-08-24 07:49am

gotta love it.

sides, the forum is off topic. mission acheived!

Lusankya · Post by **Lusankya** » 2002-08-24 07:50am

Bastardisation of the "bastardisation of the English language" thread. I quite like the irony, or whatever word I should use there.

I'll use irony. Even if it's the wrong word, it doesn't matter! after all, our ultimate aim IS the bastardisation of the English language!

Enforcer Talen · Post by **Enforcer Talen** » 2002-08-24 07:51am

yes indeed.

going off topic of our offtopic. . .

what cult shall we introduce them to?

Lusankya · Post by **Lusankya** » 2002-08-24 08:05am

I think we should just get people to use interrogative and emphatic coughs.

Oh and we could introduce a few insults:

"Bantha poodoo"

"I hate you and hope you get cancer."

Lusankya · Post by **Lusankya** » 2002-08-24 08:06am

Interrogative should be high and rising, Empathic should be low and falling. What do you think?

Post by **Mr Bean** » 2002-08-24 09:07am

10 posts and off topic?
Naaa me and Dave could do it in three

spongyblue · Post by **spongyblue** » 2002-08-24 01:27pm

my favorites are drek i.e. "What is this drek im eating?" and shazbot i.e. "Oh shazbo!."That one is courtisy of Kang and Kodos. Anything that closly resemble something Jabba would say also works. Try these freandly phrases at your local 24 hour superstar at around 2am. Gets um every time.

Post by **Mr Bean** » 2002-08-24 02:10pm

Acutal Shazbot goes back even further to a game called Tribes the thing was whenever somone typed a curse word it would auto-replace it with Shazbot! which no one knows where it came from(Game was two years before K&K) but everyone agreed it sounded funny as hell
Till envulatly for Tribes 2 it was a pre-cording taunt

(The back story said in the future all negative words where replace with Shazbot! whatever the hell that means)
Leaving us with a fun word