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Old 24-12-2021, 13:49   #15
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Re: 2021 Neologisms

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Originally Posted by cashman View Post
beats me why people use posh words ?

Because we can mate! English is a "monumental" language, our "profundity" to express ourselves with our "immeasurable" options, only found with our English "vernacular" are second to none!


Plus it totally screws up Johnny foreigner (and admittedly some of our own), all part of being British & because obviously God was an Englishman, he blessed us with such a divine aptitude for language.
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