Where did English come from? - Claire Bowern
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Date: 2020-08-22
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George
It is completely wrong to say that a language is Germanic when it has 60% Latin in its vocabulary, the grammar of English is 63% Anglo-Saxon and the rest is Latin, Celtic and Greek. But grammar is not more important than vocabulary to ensure that English is a Germanic language, since the sounds, voices and words are given BY THE VOCABULARY, which in the English language is mostly Latin (60%, your You cannot speak only with grammar, you need vocabulary, therefore saying that English is a hybrid is the most correct. remember that the england that you know IS NOT ANGLO SAXON IS NORMAN, Norman = Romanic culture = Latin.
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It is completely wrong to say that a language is Germanic when it has 60% Latin in its vocabulary, the grammar of English is 63% Anglo-Saxon and the rest is Latin, Celtic and Greek. But grammar is not more important than vocabulary to ensure that English is a Germanic language, since the sounds, voices and words are given BY THE VOCABULARY, which in the English language is mostly Latin (60%, your You cannot speak only with grammar, you need vocabulary, therefore saying that English is a hybrid is the most correct. remember that the england that you know IS NOT ANGLO SAXON IS NORMAN, Norman = Romanic culture = Latin.
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park
So next time when someone is like sPeAk EnGliSh when you're talking in your native language, just say, well English is literally a combination of terms that are from ancient languages around the world
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So next time when someone is like sPeAk EnGliSh when you're talking in your native language, just say, well English is literally a combination of terms that are from ancient languages around the world
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Aaron
Regardless of how well our language has progressed; I still find myself explaining double negatives to other adults who then tell me; I've heard that all my life but didn't know what they meant.
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Regardless of how well our language has progressed; I still find myself explaining double negatives to other adults who then tell me; I've heard that all my life but didn't know what they meant.
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Magiyalikus
even tho we speak the same language and the same dialect, I'm still having trouble understanding my wife from time to time.
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even tho we speak the same language and the same dialect, I'm still having trouble understanding my wife from time to time.
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Asf69
Do some people In the comments genuinely think the first human language was arabic or Sanskrit? Like thats obviously false
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Do some people In the comments genuinely think the first human language was arabic or Sanskrit? Like thats obviously false
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