Twit versus twat
Aug. 22nd, 2008 07:15 pmDespite attempts to substitute twit for twat in Jacqueline Wilson's latest, the former is a deeply unsatisfactory replacement. And not because the second has misogynist overtones the first lacks, but rather because the the former lacks the open vowel of the latter — something that sadly restricts the amount of venom that can be injected into the word.