When I was a child, my father used to quote a rhyme to me: "Good butter, good cheese, Good English, good Fries" (sp?) Perhaps there is a connection? Regards Susan
On Monday, March 28, 2005, at 10:10 pm, Roger Houghton wrote:
On 27 Mar 2005, at 15:09, Dave Edwards wrote:
Friesland apparently is the origin of Olde English. Seems it shows up today in the local dialect.
I saw a programme on BBC 4 a while back in which Eddie Izzard travelled to Friesland and tried addressing a local farmer in Anglo-Saxon, with only partial success.
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