On 19/09/05, Gerrit Holl wrote:
Since English is really a dialect of French, a lie
bree is probably a
place where you buy your books, as it is in any "proper language" (-:
I'm not 100% sure if you were joking or just labouring under a
misunderstanding, so I thought I'd point out that English is largely a
Germanic language, closely related to the various modern Scandinavian
tongues, and also to modern Dutch and German.
French is like a distant cousin (sharing
great-great-great-great-grandparents in Proto-Indo-European) which
recently had a quick affair, so that a few of her features show up in
the offspring ;)
--
Rowan Collins BSc
[IMSoP]
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English a germanic language? Impossible! An absurd notion! Lunacy! Exaggeration!
Unadulterated opinionated insanity! Essentially misdirected ill conceived viewpoints.
Troublesome tempestuous tapestries. As tasteless as a tarty tarantella. Significantly
senseless. Quintessentially unquotable. Positively preposterous. Necessarily nonplussed
and nominally abnormal. Exponentially and exceedingly uneventful. Undeveloped,
uncorroborated, irresponsible, and finally, bountifully morally bankrupt. I opine that I
have proven my point.
Yours truly, frankly, ecetera
pippu d'angelo
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