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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Do you speak a Scandinavian language? Alex Williams #208336 12/14/2012 8:21 PM Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 37 gooofy newbie gooofy newbie Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 37 "An English-speaking learner of German will notice how many English words seem to come from German: water/Wasser, bread/Brot, house/Haus." This is a bit misleading. The words aren't similar because the English words come from German, but because both English and German have a common ancestor. Last edited by gooofy; 12/15/2012 12:45 AM. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Do you speak a Scandinavian language? Alex Williams 12/11/2012 2:07 AM Re: Do you speak a Scandinavian language? jenny jenny 12/11/2012 6:21 AM Re: Do you speak a Scandinavian language? LukeJavan8 12/11/2012 5:51 PM Re: language a speak do Scandinavian you? zmjezhd 12/12/2012 12:48 AM Re: language a speak do Scandinavian you? jenny jenny 12/12/2012 5:21 AM Re: language a speak do Scandinavian you? zmjezhd 12/12/2012 7:21 PM Re: language a speak do Scandinavian you? jenny jenny 12/14/2012 5:09 AM Re:the risk of dysmeaning zmjezhd 12/14/2012 4:22 PM Re:the risk of dysmeaning jenny jenny 12/16/2012 7:31 PM Re: Do you speak a Scandinavian language? Alex Williams 12/11/2012 10:37 PM Re: Do you speak a Scandinavian language? gooofy 12/14/2012 2:33 PM Re: Do you speak a Scandinavian language? gooofy 12/14/2012 8:21 PM Re: Do you speak a Scandinavian language? jenny jenny 12/16/2012 7:42 PM Re: Do you speak a Scandinavian language? Rhubarb Commando 12/17/2012 4:18 PM Re: Do you speak a Scandinavian language? BranShea 12/18/2012 12:35 AM Re: Husker Du tannenfisk? zmjezhd 12/17/2012 7:12 PM Re: Husker Du tannenfisk? gooofy 12/17/2012 10:25 PM Re: Do you speak a Scandinavian language? Rhubarb Commando 12/18/2012 12:20 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,366 Members9,209 Most Online7,006 Mar 7th, 2026 Newest Members Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery 9,209 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 34 A C Bowden 10 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,199 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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