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On 03/02/18 08:43, Peter Humphrey wrote: |
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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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Cow, Sheep, ... I think there are a lot of words in common. |
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Not that I have any personal experience, but I've come across several |
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reports that British soldiers stationed in West Germany after the war |
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had no difficulty talking with Germans who spoke Platt-Deutsch (or |
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however that is spelt). |
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Modern English is an evolved mess of Norman French and Anglo-Saxon, and |
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seeing as the Normans (Norse-Men) were really Vikings not Franks ... |
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Cheers, |
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