I think I made a great generalization Mr.Tinkey a mistake unfortunately our brother Paul makes very often, My comment was "controversial" yet there are many linguists that would argue with the German tribe/Family language relationship. Again I am not the foremost authority unlike Paul -- Back to my main point Pauls bigoted comments need to stop! their not offensive they are just irritating! T ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jason Tinkey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 21, 2000 12:41 PM Subject: Re: Paul Englishman for the English speaking REAL english > As much as I hate to admit it, Paul is right in this > respect. Hanging out with a linguist for two years has > taught me this much... > > English is not a form of German, it's part of the > Germanic family. We get words like beer, garden, > house, hound, wagon, etc. from German (actually it's > Angle, Saxon & Jute origins), but there are just as > strong Norse, Danish, Norman, Celtic and Latin > influences in our speech. Face it, the British have > been conquered by all kinds of people. > > In my opinion (not being a trained linguist, and I'm > sure that Alexis will correct me), the key to > differences to UK & US English are 1.) American speech > stems from an older form of English, and 2.) the > African influence. > > Ok, this is a boring thread. Sorry everybody. > > --- Paul Secular <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Don't be stupid.... I never studied etymology or > > linguistics - but even *I* > > know that's a load of bollocks. > > > > English is a language in its own right. > > > > "a form of German" indeed! > > > ===== > "The key to wiseness is maturiositude." - Woody Allen > http://www.geocities.com/bourbonstreet/1092/ > ____________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk > or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie > > > _____________________________________________________________ > Check out the new and improved Topica site! > http://www.topica.com/t/13 > _____________________________________________________________ Check out the new and improved Topica site! http://www.topica.com/t/13
