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minus-squareNorah - She/They@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·29 days agoWhich actually makes sense when you remember that English, before the Normans at least, was very close to dutch.
minus-squareDicska@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·29 days agoAnd it’s all because they are germanic languages (at least old English is), and this is the same in German (vier und zwanzig).
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·29 days agoModern English is still a Germanic language, but with a LOT of Latin and French thrown in.
minus-squareqarbone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·29 days agoYeah, and then we got better
minus-squareNorah - She/They@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·29 days agoI really, really struggle to see how the Normans made English “better”.
minus-squareqarbone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·29 days agoThey made a successful cipher that has thwarted their enemies into perpetuity.
minus-squareOwenEverbinde@lemmy.myserv.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-229 days agoAh, the same way Linux was able to thwart hackers for as long as it did.
Which actually makes sense when you remember that English, before the Normans at least, was very close to dutch.
And it’s all because they are germanic languages (at least old English is), and this is the same in German (vier und zwanzig).
Modern English is still a Germanic language, but with a LOT of Latin and French thrown in.
Yeah, and then we got better
I really, really struggle to see how the Normans made English “better”.
They made a successful cipher that has thwarted their enemies into perpetuity.
Ah, the same way Linux was able to thwart hackers for as long as it did.