Isnt English a Germanic language?? ----------------- J.C.O'Connell hifis...@gate.net -----------------
-----Original Message----- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Tim Bray Sent: Monday, June 11, 2012 2:57 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT OM-D OMG! Actually, if you go through an etymological dictionary and count the inheritance of English words, various flavors of Frisian are the leader by a fairly wide margin. French is right up there too. But I agree that the bastard child explanation, naming only two languages, is unduly limiting. There is also a heavy Scandinavian influence; on top of which, there wasnt just one Frisian; it came in old and new, high and low, east and west flavors. -T On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 11:40 AM, Bob W <p...@web-options.com> 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. > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
