Violins? (Score: 1) by alioth@pipedot.org on 2014-03-10 16:12 (#CR) >viola! Quiet gaming room!On a point of pedantry, what does a stringed instrument a little bigger than a violin have to do with it? Re: Violins? (Score: 1) by skarjak@pipedot.org on 2014-03-10 18:26 (#D5) I think it's fair to say that 90% of the time people inject a french word in an english sentence, it's horribly mangled. It used to tick me off but now I'm used to it. It certainly detracts from the person's intentions of sounding fancy, however...
Re: Violins? (Score: 1) by skarjak@pipedot.org on 2014-03-10 18:26 (#D5) I think it's fair to say that 90% of the time people inject a french word in an english sentence, it's horribly mangled. It used to tick me off but now I'm used to it. It certainly detracts from the person's intentions of sounding fancy, however...