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Not the histri of the inglish langwidge then.Originally Posted by MCHeshPants420
And France. Hence the 'or', 'er' confusion. I think.
Lets not forget Latin.
I've just downloaded a series of lectures entitled 'The History of the English Language' from http://oink.me.uk/, haven't listened to it yet though.
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has the word latin or greek been introduced here yet?
or are we on the anglosaxon trip?
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They did mention them when I was at school. But that was over 50 years ago.
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Please God, let the lecturer have an American accent. I don't ask you for much, so please just this wee thang.
And France. Hence the 'or', 'er' confusion. I think.
Lets not forget Latin.
I've just downloaded a series of lectures entitled 'The History of the English Language' from http://oink.me.uk/, haven't listened to it yet though.
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Y'all forgot the bits of Norse and Gaelic that are thrown in for good measure...
Last edited by Rat Faced; 05-31-2005 at 04:41 PM.
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Yes, I suppose Fetlock, Hoof, Hand(4") and the likes would all come from a norse.
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Not sure (I may be incredibly wrong here) but I think that the words "carriage" (or is it "cart") and "iron" may have gaelic roots.
Last edited by Snee; 05-31-2005 at 05:16 PM.
http://www.wordorigins.org/histeng.htm
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Langwidge is that a long scottish sandwich
All spelling mistakes and grammatical errors in my post's are intentional.
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