#208336 - 12/14/12 08:21 PM
Re: Do you speak a Scandinavian language?
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"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.
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#208354 - 12/16/12 07:31 PM
Re:the risk of dysmeaning
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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. 
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#208355 - 12/16/12 07:42 PM
Re: Do you speak a Scandinavian language?
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"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
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#208370 - 12/17/12 04:18 PM
Re: Do you speak a Scandinavian language?
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"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.
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#208376 - 12/17/12 10:25 PM
Re: Husker Du tannenfisk?
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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?
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