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Post #440,328
by lincoln
11/16/21 2:37:10 PM
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New IreadLRPD

Basically, English is what happens when Vikings learn Latin and use it to shout at Germans.





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Post #440,329
by a6l6e6x
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11/16/21 11:00:30 PM
11/16/21 11:00:30 PM
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New That's funny, but wrong historically.
Common English is mostly Germanic and Latin (i.e. really French version) was introduced and added to English after 1066 and William the Conqueror.

Vikings used another variation of Germanic and were no longer identified as Vikings before 1066.

And all these languages evolved from Indo-European languages.
Alex

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Post #440,331
by Andrew Grygus
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11/16/21 11:47:10 PM
11/16/21 11:47:10 PM
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New As did also . . .
Greek and all Slavic languages, including Baltic. Also Persian, Sanskrit, and Armenian, but not Georgian, nor Finnish, Etruscan, Basque, or Turkish.
     IreadLRPD - (lincoln) - (2) - Nov. 16, 2021, 02:37:10 PM EST
         That's funny, but wrong historically. - (a6l6e6x) - (1) - Nov. 16, 2021, 11:00:30 PM EST
             As did also . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - Nov. 16, 2021, 11:47:10 PM EST

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