[Sca-cooks] eths and thorns, oh my

[Susan Fox-Davis]

> > English isn't the same sort of language as French or Spanish- there are
> >  some borrowed words, but the root system is vastly different. French,
> >  Spanish, Italian, etc are 'Romance' languages- descended from a Latin,
> >  or 'Roman' base. English is a Germanic language, one of many from
> >  ancient Germanic/Norse roots. (Hence some of our weird-ass grammar and
> >  spelling conventions like tough/trough/through.)
>
> Didn't English come about through the fusion of Norman-French and Anglo-Saxon
> English? And what is really screwed up is that 60% of our language comes from
> latin where the other 40% is german, yet they call us a Germanic language.
> Weird
>
> Misha

I forget who said that English was the result of Norman soldiers trying to make
dates with Saxon barmaids...

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