Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2000 12:06:29 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net> To: Peter Lai <PeterL@resnet.uconn.edu> Cc: "'Y u r i '" <ure@home.com>, "'questions@freebsd.org '" <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Tyr'd with all this pronunciation thread Message-ID: <20001202120629.A1360@buffy.local> In-Reply-To: <9F36E367710D474E9806AA393FE737FB019EEF@resnetnt.resnet.uconn.edu>; from PeterL@resnet.uconn.edu on Sat, Dec 02, 2000 at 05:06:02AM -0500 References: <9F36E367710D474E9806AA393FE737FB019EEF@resnetnt.resnet.uconn.edu>
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Well the REAL culprit for the spelling and general oddness of English is the French ! English was just trundling along as a highly inflected typical germanic language until the Normans invaded britain in 1066 and introduced French as the official language. This confused everybody. Even Shakespeare was a bit baffled. He is famous for spelling the same word sometimes in 3 or 4 different ways on the same page :) Anyway. It's the only international language we have, so you are stuck with it my friends. I blame it on Mickey Mouse. Auf wiederhoren.. Cliff On Sat, Dec 02, 2000 at 05:06:02AM -0500, Peter Lai wrote: > i'd have to agree > > English is classified as a Germanic languague because that is what the core > is written in :) > > Then people added more and more words from other languages that were ported > over to English. :) > > Syntatical structure is quite unique, based on the Latin system. > > Hello , > > Unfortunately, the English language predominates the Internet world > despite it not being a very good language. Really just a bastardization > of other languages, English doesn't even follow it's own standards. The > only thing going for the English language is its large installed base -- > sort of like Microsoft Windows. > > -- > Best regards, > Y u r i mailto:ure@home.com > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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