Depends on which British you were talking about then. The Angles and the
Saxons sure. The rest, not likely (As they were all speaking Gaelic back
then). English is of course descended from Saxon and Norman French
(Which I'm sure had it's own Norse loan-words)
-Adam
Jens Bladt wrote:
Yes, that's right Svar = an-swer. It's the same word. English and
Scandinavian is basically the same language. Germanic!
1000 years ago the British and the Scandinavian Vikings did actually
understand one another quite easily. All basic words - hand - eye -finger -
arm - foot etc. are still almost the same.
Regards
Jens
Jens Bladt
http://www.jensbladt.dk
-----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
Fra: Tim Øsleby [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sendt: 10. november 2005 03:14
Til: [email protected]
Emne: RE: SV: Any reason not to buy a *istD?
It is short for the Scandinavian word svar ;-)
It mean the same as RE.
So a RE: SV: means the same as RE: RE:
In other words, a Scandinavian has posted a reply to a reply
Tim
Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian)
Never underestimate the power of stupidity in large crowds
(Very freely after Arthur C. Clarke, or some other clever guy)
-----Original Message-----
From: John Bailey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 10. november 2005 03:07
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: SV: Any reason not to buy a *istD?
Help!
What does SV mean?
John
