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FreezairForALimitedTime Responsible adult from Planet Claire Since: Jan, 2001
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#26: Dec 29th 2011 at 9:48:48 AM

Just because you're writing your story in English doesn't mean it is in English, as it were.

"Proto-Indo-European makes the damnedest words related. It's great. It's the Kevin Bacon of etymology." ~Madrugada
MrAHR Ahr river from ಠ_ಠ Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: A cockroach, nothing can kill it.
Ahr river
#27: Dec 29th 2011 at 3:34:24 PM

Which is the excuse I use to get away with modern slang and dialect. Everything has been translated for your convenience!

Except for the stuff that is not!

Read my stories!
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