That doesn't make any sense. It's like saying we're descended from proto-chimps. The proto-chimps are also proto-humans, so we choose a different name for them. So proto-Frisian is also proto-English - that is, the common ancestor of each, so it has a different name.
B > -----Original Message----- > From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > P. J. Alling > Sent: 11 June 2012 20:08 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: OT OM-D OMG! > > OK. Proto Frisian... > > Bob W wrote: > > It's descended from Frisian in the same way that humans are descended > > from chimps. That it is to say, not. They have a common ancestor. > > > > B > > > > > >> Modern English is a vibrant living language that's the bastard child > >> of Frisian and French. What would you expect > >> > >> Bruce Walker wrote: > >> > >>> English appears to be a dead language too. LOL! WTF? etc. > >>> > >>> > >>> On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 1:59 PM, P. J. Alling > >>> <webstertwenty...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>> Latin's a dead language, > >>>> as dead as it can be. > >>>> First it killed the Romans, > >>>> and now it's killing me. > >>>> -some anonymous school boy. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Bipin Gupta wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> Hey Bob, LATIN is "RIP". It is a dead language. Even the Catholic > >>>>> Church gave up Sunday Mass in Latin a long time ago. > >>>>> But here is a lovely LATIN Prayer I learnt long time ago at > public > >>>>> > >> school. > >> > >>>>> Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum. > >>>>> Benedicta tu in mu-li-eri-bus, > >>>>> Et benedictus fructus ventris tui, Iesus. > >>>>> Sancta Maria Mater Dei, > >>>>> Ora pro nobis pecca-to-ri-bus, > >>>>> Nunc et in hora mortis nostrae, > >>>>> Amen. > >>>>> > >>>>> When Hiroshima was destroyed by the atom bomb, some (5 or 6) > >>>>> Jesuit Padres were left unscathed just (1) Km from the bomb's > epicenter. > >>>>> > >> Why? > >> > >>>>> Because they chanted this prayer daily. > >>>>> > >>>>> May the Force be with you. > >>>>> Bipin - from a far away enchanted land. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> Don't lose heart, they might want to cut it out, and they'll want > >>>> to avoid a lengthly search. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >>>> PDML@pdml.net > >>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > >>>> and follow the directions. > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> -- > >> Don't lose heart, they might want to cut it out, and they'll want to > >> avoid a lengthly search. > >> > >> > >> -- > >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> PDML@pdml.net > >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > >> and follow the directions. > >> > > > > > > > > > -- > Don't lose heart, they might want to cut it out, and they'll want to > avoid a lengthly search. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.