Some things in life are strange..
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fat_boy wrote:
Or a paralell developement given that Englisih came from the north of holland/north east germany/ frisland.
Or you could argue that it was from the nordic regions as we were invaded a few times by them. Or even the romans
Marc Clifton wrote:
That has nothing to do with VB. - Oh crap. I just defended VB!
Simon_Whale wrote:
r you could argue that it was from the nordic regions as we were invaded a few times by them.
If they use the same expression as nether/neder (given that 'th and 'd' interchange between english and dutch/german (de/the bad/bath dat/that).
Simon_Whale wrote:
Or even the romans
Now that is plain stupid. None of our language comes from the romans (directly)
Morality is indistinguishable from social proscription
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Simon_Whale wrote:
r you could argue that it was from the nordic regions as we were invaded a few times by them.
If they use the same expression as nether/neder (given that 'th and 'd' interchange between english and dutch/german (de/the bad/bath dat/that).
Simon_Whale wrote:
Or even the romans
Now that is plain stupid. None of our language comes from the romans (directly)
Morality is indistinguishable from social proscription
fat_boy wrote:
Now that is plain stupid. None of our language comes from the romans (directly)
plain, from latin planus (means flat) stupid, from the latin stupidus (means not very smart) launguage, from the latin, lingua (means tongue) directly, from the latin, dirigere (or directii) (means to set straight) Nope, no Roman influence at all.
If I have accidentally said something witty, smart, or correct, it is purely by mistake and I apologize for it.
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fat_boy wrote:
Now that is plain stupid. None of our language comes from the romans (directly)
plain, from latin planus (means flat) stupid, from the latin stupidus (means not very smart) launguage, from the latin, lingua (means tongue) directly, from the latin, dirigere (or directii) (means to set straight) Nope, no Roman influence at all.
If I have accidentally said something witty, smart, or correct, it is purely by mistake and I apologize for it.
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Er, did you notice the 'directly' bit? Yes, we have latin in English from French, some German, and adopted words, but not directly.
Morality is indistinguishable from social proscription
And yet all 4 of those words come directly from Latin. DIRECTLY came from latin. Saying english came from any of the other languages, but not latin is not accurate. But hey, you are never wrong.
If I have accidentally said something witty, smart, or correct, it is purely by mistake and I apologize for it.