Very few people know that the word “villain” originally meant ‘farmhand’ or ‘villager.’ It doesn’t take a genius to figure out how the word morphed from descriptive to pejorative. 

Our language is riddled with words that are based in class and hierarchy, which fascinates me. 

I’ve always been interested in the pretentious rigidity some people judge language, both grammatical and orthographical. 

It’s all made up. Struggling against it is a loser’s battle.