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To: ek_hornbeck
No idea, but it would be interesting since Frisian is supposedly the language closest to the "English" of the original Anglo-Saxons.

Could also be West Flemish as those areas of the Belgian and Dutch coast, where it was spoken, are the closest to England. Proto-English

18 posted on 01/20/2016 8:20:02 AM PST by Timocrat (Ingnorantia non excusat)
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25 posted on 01/20/2016 8:42:21 AM PST by T-Bone Texan (The economic collapse is imminent. Buy staple food and OTC meds now, before prices skyrocket.)
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