On 3/24/2002 10:23 PM, Martin Fritsche apparently wrote exactly the
following:
> Ben Bucksch wrote:
> 
>> I read somewhere no the web: "English (and German) are not 
>> Latin-based; they're Germanic, not Romance."
> 
> 
> That's why it's called German and not Roman :-�
> 
> And especially for the readers of The Sun: There is no known influence 
> from the huns. ;-)
> 

German is Indogermanic, as is English.

French, Italian, Spanish etc. are Romanic.

Russian etc. are... hmm... Hunnic?

-- 
Regards,
S�ren Kuklau ('Chucker')
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