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To: Renfield

Not much of a linguist, I’d say.

English is a mix of French, German, and Hebrew, where do they get the scandinavian?


31 posted on 11/29/2012 4:12:07 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: editor-surveyor

We don’t say himmel, ciel or shamayim, but rather sky.


33 posted on 11/29/2012 4:23:16 PM PST by Alas Babylon!
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To: editor-surveyor
English is a mix of French, German, and Hebrew, where do they get the scandinavian?

Hebrew? Really? “Oy Vey!”

Seriously - care to provide any substantiation for your claim that Hebrew contributed much if anything at all to the English language outside of a few local and isolated colloquialisms brought to the language by relatively recent immigrants?

My Scandinavian ancestors (Norwegian Vikings) influenced the English language and culture and the rule of law more than you know. The Hebrews, meh, not so much.

60 posted on 11/30/2012 6:40:47 PM PST by MD Expat in PA
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To: editor-surveyor; All

Where on earth did you come up with Hebrew, unless you grew up in New York City?


72 posted on 11/30/2012 11:03:15 PM PST by gleeaikin
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