They wouldn’t understand no matter what, any more than they would understand what life in the trenches was like. Experience brought understanding. No… - Harry Turtledove

So you're one of the ones who still say 'if there be,' are you, Three-Card? I know the fancy grammarians like it better, but 'if there are' has always been good enough for me." "I'm an old man." Jesperson ran a pudgy finger along the gray walrus mustache he wore. "The things the modern generation does to the English language are a shame and a disgrace, nothing less.

Pretty damn soon, the Rebs'll pack it in here, too, I expect," Carlton said. "Every blasphemy that passes your lips means a hotter dose of hellfire in the world to come," McSweeney answered." "I've seen enough hellfire right here on earth," Carlton said. "The kind of the preachers go on about don't worry me as much as it used to.

The Confederate States had been founded on the principle that change was a bad idea.