[UA] Extraordinary Popular Delusions & the Madness of Crowds

[James Knevitt]

> -----Original Message-----

> I particularly enjoy the linguistic oddities. Like the phrases that
> sweep a town ('What a shocking bad hat!') for no particular reason.
> Reminds me of things like the Alter Tongue.

Seven words:

All your base are belong to us.

Interestingly, this can be anagrammised into:

Eugene, Lou, or a toy brass ball.


James Knevitt
Code Hamlet Games

"The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about
as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has
pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets
for new vocabulary."
-James Nicoll


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