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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 2 1 2 #208336 - 12/14/12 08:21 PM Re: Do you speak a Scandinavian language? [Re: Alex Williams]   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; 12/15/12 12:45 AM. #208354 - 12/16/12 07:31 PM Re:the risk of dysmeaning [Re: zmjezhd]   Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 jenny jenny veteran jenny jenny   veteran Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi Sorry about your cold/flu, zmjezhd, I hope you are now fully recovered. Yes, I bet "a tree" and "lotsa trees" are different constructions in lotsa different languages with "tree" being specific and the "yantaq" denoting trees as we use "forest" but not exactly. Yes, zmjezhd, you and me are singing the same song we just use widely different notes. #208355 - 12/16/12 07:42 PM Re: Do you speak a Scandinavian language? [Re: gooofy]   Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 jenny jenny veteran jenny jenny   veteran Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi Originally Posted By: gooofy "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. The salient point, gooofy. Why do I feel uncomfortable calling you "gooofy"? Last edited by jenny jenny; 12/17/12 07:00 PM. Reason: To respell gooofy's name #208370 - 12/17/12 04:18 PM Re: Do you speak a Scandinavian language? [Re: gooofy]   Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 1,075 Rhubarb Commando old hand Rhubarb Commando   old hand Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 1,075 Lancaster, UK Originally Posted By: gooofy "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. And to add to your evidence, in Norske/Danske the equivalent words are: vatter; brod; hus. I'm immortal until proven otherwise #208373 - 12/17/12 07:12 PM Re: Husker Du tannenfisk? [Re: Alex Williams]   Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh Let's see. English peasants after the Norman Invasion dropped Old English and started chatting in Old Norwegian, but being peasants and not being able to afford Rosetta, they didn't pick it up properly, but added a bunch of Old English-derived vocabulary because it was sitting around unused in a trunk. Leave those peasants alone with their badly spoken Old Norwegian and viola, Middle English. Sure, OK: makes as much sense as the that-which-restrictive-non-restrictive-clause rule. Ceci n'est pas un seing. #208376 - 12/17/12 10:25 PM Re: Husker Du tannenfisk? [Re: zmjezhd]   Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 37 gooofy newbie gooofy   newbie Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 37 Originally Posted By: zmjezhd Let's see. English peasants after the Norman Invasion dropped Old English That's another thing. If modern English is a North Germanic language, then what happened to Old English? #208381 - 12/18/12 12:35 AM Re: Do you speak a Scandinavian language? [Re: Rhubarb Commando]   Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague Why not add Swedish too, it's all in the same paddling pool. E.water bread house Da. vatter brod hus Ge. Wasser Brot Haus Du. water brood huis Swe. vatten bröd hus #208389 - 12/18/12 12:20 PM Re: Do you speak a Scandinavian language? [Re: Alex Williams]   Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 1,075 Rhubarb Commando old hand Rhubarb Commando   old hand Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 1,075 Lancaster, UK Only reason I left swedish out was Jo tal ig Svenske I'm immortal until proven otherwise Page 2 of 2 1 2 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. 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