Normans (who spoke Old French) almost killed English. I think it was late Old English or something.
But indeed many words in modern English that seem to be of Latin origin, actually came via French speaking Normans. I still struggle with the fact that my native Russian is based on inflections, and for some reason, your ancient predecessors, Bob, determined that wasn't their way :-). And man, do I hate articles :-). On Fri, Jan 1, 2021 at 6:03 PM Bob Pdml <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 1 Jan 2021, at 15:53, Boris Liberman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > [...] > > > > My favorite podcast at the moment is "The History of English Language" ( > > https://historyofenglishpodcast.com/episodes/). I'm presently at about > > episode 51. This is extremely interesting. > > My French friends assure me that English is just French, pronounced badly. > > > > > And it is great fun to get new year greetings in all the languages that > > this list spans! > > Bonne année! > > Or, as we say in English, bone Annie! > > > > > Всех благ! > > ("All the best!", for those who are not in the know :-) ) > > > > Boris > > > > -- > 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. > -- Boris -- 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.
