Language and English

From: Ethan Dicks <erd_6502_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Fri Jan 4 15:07:41 2002

--- Ian Koller <vze2mnvr_at_verizon.net> wrote:
> > English is a Germanic language,
>
> http://softrat.home.mindspring.com/germanic.html
>
> Now I will have to ponder why there are so many similarities
> between French and Italian words and their English counterparts,
> while to me the German language seems so much different.

It is a Germanic language in origin and syntax (through the Saxon,
etc.), but the vocabulary has been heavily influenced by the Norman
French. Look at how many English cognates are now present in Japanese
and Russian.

-ethan



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