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Sounds like our language police.
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Strange... I think swearwords can be perfectly pure from a linguistic standpoint. Or what do you think?
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Pure something [heck?]. Hopefully there are no Malaysian ditzy* newscasters who say things like "monthly down-payment" to fill their jails.  *Spell-check balked but 'ditsy' just looks weak. 
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Quote:
*Spell-check balked...
Aramis, meet Ænigma.
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"Do you freeze in mid-sentence and unscramble your corrupted grammar lest the sharp-eared pundits of the language house haul you up for the willful murder of the gerund?" the paper asked.
Wow! I'm trying to imagine my local papers including a sentance as impressive as this one.
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I loved that, too, Zed. But I wonder if Malay even has gerunds? Not that that's the point but.
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