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In response to "I've found through trial and error that a healthy soupçon of awkwardness is usually just the thing to complement the tiniest frisson of tension -- nm" by rollo

From left field: that c with poop it hasn't pinched off is NOT an English letter and needs to stop being used in English. -- nm

Posted by TWuG Oct 10 '22, 12:45

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soupçon n'est pas un mot anglais -- nm - Beryllium Oct 10, 12:53
you think soupçon is an english word, my man? -- nm - rollo Oct 10, 12:52 13
- It's being used in English, has an English meaning, so, yes. -- nm - TWuG Oct 10, 12:54 12
  - Then you've just proven yourself wrong, no? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 10, 12:56 11
    - I'm saying, spell it with English letters. Don't half-ass adopt it. -- nm - TWuG Oct 10, 12:57 10
      - How exactly do you propose to work it then? -- nm - zork Oct 10, 13:33
      - Adaptability of foreign sounds and diacritics is why English is so versatile. -- nm - Reagen Oct 10, 13:17 6
        
        Except we don't adopt the diacritics. I'd be hard pressed to find English words where they've been retained - TWuG Oct 10, 13:22 5
        
        Let us discuss it at the café -- nm - Beryllium Oct 10, 13:27 4
        
        Whenceforth we may drink a frappé whilst writing an exposé on everyone's naïveté - Beryllium Oct 10, 13:30 1
        
        whatta cliché -- nm - mud Oct 10, 13:32
        
        And it's use on your résumé -- nm - zork Oct 10, 13:30 1
        
        fuck yeah -- nm - Mötley Crüe Oct 10, 13:37
      - but then it would just be a "soup con" -- nm - Beryllium Oct 10, 12:58 1
        
        Yev Kassem makes a killing at those. -- nm - Barynn Oct 10, 12:59

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