Showing posts with label commonwealth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label commonwealth. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 23

Words I hate

Whilst.

Listen asshole, you aren't British and you never will be. Who are you trying to kid with that "whilst" business? What, suddenly you're continental and sophisticated because you added a hiss and a flick of the tongue to the end of an ordinary word? Bra-fucking-vo. You probably own a tweed blazer.

Did you grow up watching the BBC and pretending that Marmite doesn't taste like meningitis? Do you call aboriginals "niggers" and have a snaggle tooth? Is your skin translucent? Do you insist that their exist micro-regional variations in British accents, down to the street? Does your telephone have a shitty two-pulse ring? Do you claim that your ancestors "invented" a language that your citizenry is vehemently destroying on a daily basis? No?

In that case, when you see the words "chiefly British" in the dictionary, respect them — you fuckin' twat.