To arms, fellow Duffers!

We do. But we also bicker with WS, Sopespian, GG, and anyone else who happens to come on...so I suppose we're all friends. In a buttery sort of way.
 
No French here, please. We are Americans, and therefore you have to be one, too. You should say: On guard!

That's right. Much better.
 
We? We? Who is we? I might as soon say, "I'm German and therefore you have to be one, too" ... but that didn't go over so well in the past.

Plus I don't think there's a German expression for En guarde. We beg, borrow, and steal where we can.
 
"We" is everyone in the world, except Evil People. C.S. Lewis was also American, because he was not Evil.

Americans are better at stealing than Germans; we have stolen so much from the French language that we can say "on guard" in American. (I say American rather than English, because all Good English People are really American.)

You can now gasp in wonder at my flawless logic.
 
I refuse to gasp but I'm this close to drafting a letter to the DLR requesting his troops to siege and conquer America.

On the other hand, I could just report your post. Surely the other mods could never tolerate one of their own claiming C. S. Lewis was an American. They would make you reread every biography ever written... Wait, that's not a punishment. The DLR it is.
 
The French also swipe words right back. I happen to know, for instance, that there are, or have been, traffic signs in France which use the verbatim English word "PARKING."
 
That's because the French (the Good Ones) are American, and just don't know it.

Bring on the invasion, Freckles. You can call it that, but you'll really just be coming home. We will have tacos, kimchi and C.S. Lewis books waiting. (All are American, you see. Really.)
 
You're Good, because an American said you were. Stop asking questions, and take off that ridiculous toga. Here's a cowboy hat to wear with some gangster clothes. You're welcome.
 
They do! A friend of mine is a history teacher and he explained the whole armor to me once. It was fascinating! And scary, how much thought people put into violence.
 
Glenburne said:
The history teacher, or the Romans? (My brother could probably outdo them both. Ugh.)
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I recently wrote my first gruesome murder for a fanfic that I'm working on. I'd previously written murder, but this was the first detailed, descriptive killing scene I'd done. It was eye-opening to the darker, more macabre person I've become since I started watching... certain TV shows (nothing too gory, just Castle, NCIS, and such). I still don't really think I have a knack for it, though. I'd much rather write a great paragraph of compelling dialogue than a killing scene.
 
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Miss Freckles said:
The Romans. The history teacher is a really decent guy with a healthy interest in manly things, I suppose...



Dialogue between the murderer and their victim could be even more gruesome!! :eek: What's the fanfic on if I may ask?
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It's an all-star fanfic combining several characters from some of my favorite shows (Castle, Motive, Life).
 
The study of history has ruined many an innocent person, Freckles...be forewarned. It's worse than crime shows. You never know what those evil historian-types will do next.
 
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