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On Saturday, 3 February 2018 00:19:08 GMT Wol's lists wrote: |
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> On 02/02/18 00:08, Jack wrote: |
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> > >> "eg", which, phonetically, is the start of the word "example". |
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> > > |
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> > > A non-native speaker of English, or a non-native speaker of Latin? |
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> And Latin's descendants (which are mutually comprehensible) are actually |
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> the most widely spoken first language in Europe. I always thought Europe |
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> should adopt Modern Latin (however you care to define it) as its main |
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> official language. |
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> (Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian put together are very similar and are |
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> larger than any other grouping of similar European language, excluding |
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> perhaps Russian which is spoken mostly by non-EU nationals.) |
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I believe those languages, the ones descended from Latin, are called romance |
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languages, and yes, they do have common features such as pronunciation of |
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vowels. |
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Having so many words derived via French from Latin, English is also a |
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romance language to some extent. I know it's officially classed as a |
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Germanic language, but I can't see why. There seems to be no Teutonic |
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influence to speak of. Few words in common, very different sentence |
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structure, ... |
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Regards, |
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Peter. |
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