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Re: [SLE] It's SuSE not SUSE
- From: Darryl Gregorash <raven@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 14:25:19 +0000 (UTC)
- Message-id: <4381D8C9.6080504@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
On 11/19/2005 09:38 AM, Randall R Schulz wrote:
>Kevan,
>
>On Saturday 19 November 2005 05:30, Kevanf1 wrote:
>
>>...
>>
>>I sometimes wonder how many people actually realise that English,
>>spoken all over the world, is actually derived from ancient Germanic
>>languages.
>>
>
>English (as spoken all over the world) is the biggest mutt of a language
>ever (and I love it). It has roots or strong influences from languages
>of the British Isles, Northern Europe, French, Latin, Greek and even
>Arabic. The French influence from the Norman conquests gave English its
>horse-of-a-different-color vowel scheme.
Actually, if you take a close look at all the weird spellings, the vast
majority are in words of Germanic origin; this is a result of the Danish
invasion (9th century), not the Norman.
>Kevan,
>
>On Saturday 19 November 2005 05:30, Kevanf1 wrote:
>
>>...
>>
>>I sometimes wonder how many people actually realise that English,
>>spoken all over the world, is actually derived from ancient Germanic
>>languages.
>>
>
>English (as spoken all over the world) is the biggest mutt of a language
>ever (and I love it). It has roots or strong influences from languages
>of the British Isles, Northern Europe, French, Latin, Greek and even
>Arabic. The French influence from the Norman conquests gave English its
>horse-of-a-different-color vowel scheme.
Actually, if you take a close look at all the weird spellings, the vast
majority are in words of Germanic origin; this is a result of the Danish
invasion (9th century), not the Norman.
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