From Macron to Micron in 24 hours... (View Post)

'Bloc-head'! Now that deserves a chapeau. (View Post)

Oh, I'm sure the quote is invented, though at least as much because I'd hope we wouldn't take self-deprecation quite that far in front of the Yanks. My only point is that 'gotten' is indeed English E… (View Post)

That's actually a bit of myth. 'Gotten' has been rare in English for the last 200 years, but was the normal form for at least the previous 400. Shakespeare wrote it without hesitation, and it still m… (View Post)

Or ordered red wine with fish, as in From Russia With Love. (View Post)