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> allergic to whimsy British public life is nothing but whimsy. Consider that "wheelie bin" is the actual normal name of a thing, not a cutesy nickname. A lit
by TillE 11y ago
> allergic to whimsy
British public life is nothing but whimsy. Consider that "wheelie bin" is the actual normal name of a thing, not a cutesy nickname.
A little non-whimsy is frankly refreshing.
- aninhumer 11y agoAs opposed to "panties", "burglarize" and "bangs"? There are words in all dialects that sound whimsical to outsiders, but internally they're so normalised that no one considers them whimsical at all.