https://nihonshock.com/2009/10/a-few-random-shots/ language and stuff Thu, 12 Oct 2017 04:11:32 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.41 https://nihonshock.com/2009/10/a-few-random-shots/comment-page-1/#comment-330 Sun, 21 Feb 2010 00:19:30 +0000 http://nihonshock.com/?p=203#comment-330 Uh, I know alight. Can’t tell you the last time I used it, but it is in the instant access memory. And I’z ‘Merikan.

]]> https://nihonshock.com/2009/10/a-few-random-shots/comment-page-1/#comment-122 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 04:46:43 +0000 http://nihonshock.com/?p=203#comment-122 British Rail has started using the word “alight” on all their trains over the last few years. It sounds so pathetic; almost as though they are forcing themselves to sound upper-class… Nobody uses that word. Ever.

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