rainbowberry said:
Where did your language come from? I think you can blame the French for Courgette (no offence, don't sue me or anything French people). Isn't Zucchini an Italian word? It sounds like it.
My language? American? Came from the Natives Americans. They taught it to the pilgrims when they colonized New England. They taught them the correct pronunciation of "herb" and "aluminum," and they took away all the useless U's, like in "colour" and "flavour." They used the U's to build the foundation of this great country. Unfortunately, the U's were English, so as the foundation aged and settled - with a great whining sound - we were sent a bill from the King and Queen of England, demanding payment for our lease of the U's. Obviously that wasn't going to fly. Something about how the taxes were too high on U's, and we weren't happy about the taxes on T, either. Thus was born the Boston T Party (which was originally known as the Boston UT Party, but T had some strong media pull and was able to throw it's proverbial weight around to make a name for himself).
After the Boston T Party, we refused to use T (and U), and the American Language came into its own with the birth of the verb "is," which, as everyone knows, is the American version of "it's." Exempli gratia, "It's a nice day isn't it?" would have been said "Is a nice day, yeah?" We were never able to find a proper contraction for "Isn't it." "Isni" simply didn't have the right ring to it.
Soon the King and Queen of the Land Over the Rainbow released the rights to T and U, under restrictions and only when used with I or other vowels (plainly speaking, no one cared which vowel, so long as U wasn't left alone). We once again had a 26 letter alphabet. All rejoiced. Once again, U and I could have T, but only in moderation.
And that, boys and girls, is where our language comes from.