To: jagusafr
English is a Germanic language...
the french have a different word for everything.
6 posted on
04/02/2024 10:14:21 AM PDT by
teeman8r
(Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something )
To: teeman8r
French is a Romance language. English, as you pointed out, is not.
7 posted on
04/02/2024 10:18:56 AM PDT by
Olog-hai
("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
To: teeman8r
The Germans start out with a word and then just keep adding to it until one might run out of breath.
12 posted on
04/02/2024 10:27:17 AM PDT by
blackdog
((Z28.310) Be careful what you say. Your refrigerator may be listening & reporting you.)
To: teeman8r
22 posted on
04/02/2024 10:37:08 AM PDT by
kiryandil
(what Odessa doink?)
To: teeman8r
Well, except “shampooing” as a noun...
28 posted on
04/02/2024 10:41:31 AM PDT by
jagusafr
( )
To: teeman8r
A Germanic base, with lots and lots of French and Latin-based loan words.
There’s a scene in Ivanhoe (set during the Norman conquest) that makes light of this. The common Germanic words were still used for animals when they were alive (cow, pig, deer, chicken), but once the animals died they were elevated to noble Norman/Latin titles (boeuf, porc, venison, poultry).
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