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- Wed Apr 23, 2008 5:35 pm
- Forum: Ozy and Millie
- Topic: Why like D.C. Simpson german words?
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Reading this thread, you would think no one here has seen a language tree. English and German sound similar because English technically comes from German. This is why they are both called "Germanic". Latin, and all of the languages from it (called romance languages) sound different because they are...
- Wed Apr 23, 2008 12:41 pm
- Forum: Anything
- Topic: The Colour of Magic
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- Wed Apr 23, 2008 12:07 pm
- Forum: Ozy and Millie
- Topic: Why like D.C. Simpson german words?
- Replies: 100
- Views: 42457
The English language has a long history of assimilating words from other languages. I heard a linguist describe the phenomenon by saying "English likes to beat up other languages in dark alleyways and steal their words". As does German and a dozen other languages too. ^^ There is even a group, cons...