Old Frisian isn't an ancestor of English either. Old Frisian existed alongside Old English. Anglo-Frisian begat Old English which begat English; Anglo-Frisian also begat Old Frisian which begat Frisian.
B > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Tim Bray > > Well, right; the name is Old Frisian. Since there is a modern Frisian > dialect, it is in fact misleading to say that Frisian is one of the > parents of English; should rather say old Frisian. -T > > On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 12:18 PM, Bob W <[email protected]> wrote: > > That doesn't make any sense. It's like saying we're descended from > > proto-chimps. The proto-chimps are also proto-humans, so we choose a > > different name for them. So proto-Frisian is also proto-English - > that > > is, the common ancestor of each, so it has a different name. > > > > B > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > >> Of P. J. Alling > >> Sent: 11 June 2012 20:08 > >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> Subject: Re: OT OM-D OMG! > >> > >> OK. Proto Frisian... > >> > >> Bob W 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 > >> >>> <[email protected]> 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 > >> >>>> [email protected] > >> >>>> 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 > >> >> [email protected] > >> >> 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 > >> [email protected] > >> 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 > > [email protected] > > 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 > [email protected] > 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 [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
