The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Data is Beautiful@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoIt's fascinating that while languages vary wildly by speaking speed, information transfer is fairly similar.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square108fedilinkarrow-up1529arrow-down114
arrow-up1515arrow-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 · 4 days agomessage-square108fedilink
minus-squareiAmTheTot@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·4 days agoEnglish has a lot in common with both, being a language that has been bludgeoned by both.
minus-squarehendrik@palaver.p3x.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·4 days 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-up8·4 days 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.