Thursday, October 22, 2015

Language Skills According to Steam

STEAM is some type of social network apparatus which wraps around users playing from a choice of almost seven thousand games.  (WIKI:  Steam (software))

Pause for a moment to consider the extensive language skills you have observed in gamers over the years.  We don't think Shakespeare would have thought much of Grand Theft Auto but it's possible.

Prior to running STEAM, it's necessary to select your preferred language.

And this leads us to today's Dagwood Prize:



Traditional English comes from the land where people calling each other 'cunts' is not uncommon and which blessed us with the mystifying expression 'for fuck's sake.'

Note 1:  no-one knows what it means.
Note 2:  no-one cares what it means.

Simplified, my dyin' ass.  Let's hear a speech from Johnny Rotten and discover how simple it gets.

(Ed:  what does my dyin' ass mean?)

It's an American thing, too complicated for Brits to understand.

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