The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Data is Beautiful@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoIt's fascinating that while languages vary wildly by speaking speed, information transfer is fairly similar.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square111fedilinkarrow-up1531arrow-down114
arrow-up1517arrow-down1imageIt's fascinating that while languages vary wildly by speaking speed, information transfer is fairly similar.lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Data is Beautiful@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square111fedilink
minus-squareiAmTheTotlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoEnglish has a lot in common with both, being a language that has been bludgeoned by both.
minus-squarehendrik@palaver.p3x.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 months agoIsn’t it the other way round? The english having bludgeoned the other languages and made the result theirs? And english and german both are west germanic languages and share a common ancestor.
minus-squarechonglibloodsport@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoNo. English got its French words after William the Conqueror of Normandy (France) invaded England and conquered the Anglo Saxons.
English has a lot in common with both, being a language that has been bludgeoned by both.
Isn’t it the other way round? The english having bludgeoned the other languages and made the result theirs? And english and german both are west germanic languages and share a common ancestor.
No. English got its French words after William the Conqueror of Normandy (France) invaded England and conquered the Anglo Saxons.