Bastard Latin; was Re: [plug] OT: the grinding hand wrote, and having grit, moved on

[Bret Busby]

Leon Brooks wrote:
> 
> Alex Polglaze wrote:
> > BB wrote:
> >> Nil desperandum carborundum (Don't let the baskets grind you down)...
> >> A bit of bastard latin, from the 1970's...
> 
> Why is my next word always "ummm..." after reading one of these?
> 
> Bret, satisfy my curiosity: why did you censor the first "bastard" and
> not the second?
> 

Simple; the second was the more legitimate use. And, this is all about
legitimacy.