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One that always stuck out to me is "burgle", coming from "burglar", likely by mistake.
by SatvikBeri 8y ago
One that always stuck out to me is "burgle", coming from "burglar", likely by mistake.
- mikeash 8y agoBetter than the atrocity of “burglarize”!
- magic_beans 8y agoAmericans never use the word "burgle". The first time I heard British people saying it, I wanted to cut my ears off.
- derivagral 8y agoThe line from the old Hobbit movie of "you're the burglar, go in there and burgle something" was quaint enough that I still remember it from my childhood. The minor fascination with noun-er & noun was probably why.