One of the best parts, besides my current winning lead over Aaron, is seeing what words manage to percolate from our heads at the end of the day. I've been reading and enjoying Albion's Seed: Four British Folk Ways in America which has produced an abundance of early english: maw, haft, quaker, etc. Aaron likes to throw in latin legal jargon and argue it's english. But I take the higher road and have not yet resorted to using my professional training by using comic book expressions. Fwop! Shazam! Take that!
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I love a good game of speed scrabble. I might be a bit intimidated to play against you guys though.
All that stuff about the regional usage of words in Albion's Seed was one of my favorite aspects of the book, too. It made me start throwing some of them into my speech too, causing me to sound either very country British or very country American, depending on your perspective.
Also, I think Aaron's totally out of order. Good for you for resisting that kind of quid pro quo between pater familias et uxor.
Et tu, Brute? In our home it's all concordia discors. Amor vincit omnia.
I would like to officially nominate "Concordia Discors sed Amor Vincit Omnia" as the motto for your family crest.
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