The Universe of Discourse

blog.plover.com · 2026-06-28 · by Long Nguyen ·generic
From the highly eclectic blog of Mark Dominus

The Universe of Discourse

The Universe of Discourse

| It's our language now! A while back I related how I had been mocked by an English person for using the word “burglarize”. I ended by saying: Okay, whatever. Brits have been mocking the American language for centuries now. Let them go ahead. We all know who won that argument. Since then I've been comforted by that thought. I smile to myself and say “It's ours now, we have you outnumbered.” But for the last few years this has always been followed by another thought: On that logic, it actually belongs to the Indians. And yes, it probably does and we just haven't noticed yet. But we will. \[Other articles in category /lang\] permanent link | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |

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