Heh. In Stalky & Co, they call this "preferring the good old Anglo-Saxon"...

I don't much think of myself as either brisk or masculine, but I do tend to duck polysyllabic Latinates where possible, and except in certain people's mouths.

Also, yay fun. I at least am looking forward to this book. And to talking about it, Wednesday as ever was or will be...

(But yes, you can absolutely keep calling it "the bl**dy Celtic book". Nobody should be too respectful of their own work.)