PS you may be 18 but there's no excuse for using words like 'bastardise' in polite company. From Wordnik.com. [Everyone's Running Scared of Gordon] Reference
One of these intellectual tyrants, a man of great ability, when he quarrelled with any one, used to threaten to "bastardise" him, or to find the bend-sinister somewhere in his ancestry; and his experience in long genealogies made him feel assured, in the general case, of finding what he sought if he went far enough back for it. From Wordnik.com. [The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author] Reference
Rather than bastardise it for the blog, why not have a read for yourself by. From Wordnik.com. [Chelsea Blog] Reference
Hopefully HTC will get to work on a Desire ROM then so that Orange can bastardise it for me!. From Wordnik.com. [Neowin.net] Reference
To bastardise the words of the famed hack sapsmith Neil Sedaka, breaking up is hard to do, but peculiarly easy to write about. From Wordnik.com. [Expecting Rain] Reference
He may bastardise the English language on occasion - don't we all - but the former Hearts manager proved he can also pack a punch. From Wordnik.com. [Football news, match reports and fixtures | guardian.co.uk] Reference
They don't bastardise the 24 with VR and add VR for marketing reasons to the 16-35 to directly compete with Canon's ineffective lens. From Wordnik.com. [News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)] Reference
Heidi is more of a Sugababe than Siobhan but without Siobhan in the first place there would've been no 2.0 or even the name Sugababes for 4.0 to bastardise. From Wordnik.com. Reference
How could a modern painter who prided himself on painting merely what was real -- how could he so bastardise his work as to introduce fanciful things into it?. From Wordnik.com. [His Masterpiece] Reference
Well hopefully someone over at XDA-Developers (if they continue with WP7S) will bastardise this to give us a Playstation Network version (subject to appropriate meta data being available). From Wordnik.com. [MoDaCo WinMo News] Reference
If that wasn't bad enough, to bastardise not just one but two pairs of Jimmy Choos by having them hand made with kitten heels is nothing less than a crime against fashion and a betrayal of all women. From Wordnik.com. [Home | Mail Online] Reference
I know that the trend is for fewer articles of length / substance but the new issue features at least 9 articles which are simply lists / collections such as boring album sleeves, bastardise the classics, Oedipus wrecks, win at words, sorry I was miles away etc, in addition to the usual best / worst and 99\% true. From Wordnik.com. [Word Magazine -] Reference
I’ll remember that the next time I bastardise a language. From Wordnik.com. [Fuck Hollywood | ATTACKERMAN] Reference
Doesn’t idea #2 completely bastardise what myspace is about?. From Wordnik.com. [My billion dollar idea that will redefine ecommerce. « The Paradigm Shift] Reference
If you’re talking about the spelling, don’t bastardise a language and then complain when you see it in it’s proper form. From Wordnik.com. [Fuck Hollywood | ATTACKERMAN] Reference
This sentence did not bastardise the Princess Mary according to Chapuys, for "even if the marriage were null, the Princess was legitimate owing to the lawful ignorance of her parents. From Wordnik.com. [Henry VIII.] Reference
The French Connection "goes into some detail on the process undertook to essentially bastardise the film's established look. From Wordnik.com. [DVD Times] Reference
@8C the more people bastardise stuff like that, the less impact it has. From Wordnik.com. [Anime Nano!] Reference
Like 'bastardise' in polite company. From Wordnik.com. [Everyone's Running Scared of Gordon] Reference
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