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Old 02-26-2007, 10:38 PM   #29
Kingswood
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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce View Post
Those are trophies, baby. English speakers rule...we came, we conquered, we took your words, bwahahaha.

Yes sir, ship loads of tea, silk, spices, silver and gold, but in the Captains strongbox was the real treasure. Captured words, still wild and uncouth, but they would be broken.... even if they had to be corrupted to do it.
What ever the cost, they would be forced into yeoman service for the masses. That way the masses would be distracted by these trophies and not notice who got the rest of the cargo.
"What's that?" said the explorer, pointing at an interesting variety of tree.
The bemused Native utters something.
The explorer writes it down.
The explorer asks for the names of other native plant and animal life.
Only later does it transpire that said Native has pulled a fast one. Now it's too late to remove the new words that translate to "A Big Tree", "Big Tweety Bird", "Your Finger", "You Stupid Gringo", "Who Farted", "Vagina of Goddess" and "I go home now".
We already know that "Yucatan" means "What do you want" in the native language.
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