Animated history of the English language at 2013-11-14 10:25:38 -0500
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xzzy wrote: A ten minute video would have been fine. But eleven minutes and twenty-one seconds? No way, I'm too busy.
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Animated history of the English language at 2013-11-14 10:56:42 -0500
Jason Lane (jasonlanejson) wrote: Hmm, I thought Werewolf was a Latin-Germanic compound word? Latin for man being 'vir', 'wolf' being a Germanic word. So man-wolf. Romans famously all had a kind of...
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incarnedine_v wrote: Everything you need to know about Dr.Johnson in one minute and forty seven seconds:
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Christopher Waldrop (SpunkyTWS) wrote: Why is it that the English always come up with the best ways of explaining English? Probably because they've been using it longer than the rest of us. I just...
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Josh Lewis (DVRevolutionary) wrote: I think the engineering and construction use of the word firewall came before the internet. This video was amusing but packed with clichés, stereotypes, and little...
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Josh Lewis (DVRevolutionary) wrote: English is germanic and was more so back when Saxons were speaking it. W in wolf is very english.
View ArticleAnimated history of the English language at 2013-11-14 14:16:26 -0500
Jason Lane (jasonlanejson) wrote: Yes that was my thoughts. There are large amounts of Latin, French & Germanic in the english language. Interestingly small amounts of word heritage from languages...
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feras bahashwan (ferasu) wrote: Gotta admit that you have. Completely ommited around 800 years of Arabic language influence on the English language...
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Rootboy (Omnomnomnivore) wrote: Not quite, the Germanic "wer" and Latin "vir" are both derived from the same Indo-European root for "man", but evidently neither side borrowed directly from the other.
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Jason Lane (jasonlanejson) wrote: Many thanks for that.
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Jason Lane (jasonlanejson) wrote: Absolutely! Or their invaluable influence re-starting science Thanks for the link.
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Jason Lane wrote: Hmm, I thought Werewolf was a Latin-Germanic compound word? Latin for man being 'vir', 'wolf' being a Germanic word. So man-wolf. Romans famously all had a kind of speech impediment...
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incarnedine_v wrote: Everything you need to know about Dr.Johnson in one minute and forty seven seconds: Read full topic
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Christopher Waldrop wrote: Why is it that the English always come up with the best ways of explaining English? Probably because they've been using it longer than the rest of us. I just wish I could...
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Josh Lewis wrote: I think the engineering and construction use of the word firewall came before the internet. This video was amusing but packed with clichés, stereotypes, and little errors like the...
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Josh Lewis wrote: English is germanic and was more so back when Saxons were speaking it. W in wolf is very english. Read full topic
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