The truth is whisper networks were never meant to be the end-all solution for harassment and abuse; they’re triage. We just want to stop the bleeding.

It's time give the dog its monthly bath.

French people of any social standing looked at the Breton language as baragouin. It was (and still is) very easy for Bretons to get the idea that Breton is a “little language” of the “past,” not worth the effort of learning.

If the afternoon was fine they strolled together in the park, very slowly, and with pauses to draw breath wherever the ground sloped upward. The slightest effort made the patient cough.