tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240097.post1818823846382499364..comments2023-10-09T21:49:57.366+09:00Comments on Page F30: How similar are the Germanic languages English, Norwegian, German, Dutch, Low Saxon and Swedish to each other?Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15083766178887686304noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240097.post-37043754549687501172011-03-07T14:06:51.619+09:002011-03-07T14:06:51.619+09:00You can choose to speak raw Germanic English, or A...You can choose to speak raw Germanic English, or Anglo-Latin. The choice is yours.markus wallettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240097.post-5354353826169048442011-03-07T14:06:50.281+09:002011-03-07T14:06:50.281+09:00That obviously needs a fair amount of practice - t...That obviously needs a fair amount of practice - to speak "raw Germanic English", that is - things like saying "forefather" instead of "ancestor". Not everyone can always think of a Germanic cognate or even have the faculties to see what is Germanic and what is not.<br><br>I imagine that learning Old English helps heaps.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240097.post-48603963347530011802011-02-04T18:11:30.018+09:002011-02-04T18:11:30.018+09:00That obviously needs a fair amount of practice - t...That obviously needs a fair amount of practice - to speak "raw Germanic English", that is - things like saying "forefather" instead of "ancestor". Not everyone can always think of a Germanic cognate or even have the faculties to see what is Germanic and what is not.<br /><br />I imagine that learning Old English helps heaps.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240097.post-5509108823772353372010-11-03T07:54:10.980+09:002010-11-03T07:54:10.980+09:00You can choose to speak raw Germanic English, or A...You can choose to speak raw Germanic English, or Anglo-Latin. The choice is yours.markus wallettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240097.post-51158517802131373272010-05-20T20:07:54.485+09:002010-05-20T20:07:54.485+09:00There might be 75% of French words in English, but...There might be 75% of French words in English, but the most commonly used words in the language are almost all Germanic in origin. In that extract above there is not one French word apart from "city".<br /><br />English is a true Germanic language, just like all the other languages listed here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240097.post-60766292442485029272010-03-18T20:18:19.182+09:002010-03-18T20:18:19.182+09:00Tell me about it. I frequently have internet chats...Tell me about it. I frequently have internet chats with Norwegian, Danish, Dutch/Flemish and German people (being Swedish myself) where we compare each other's languages, engaging in mockery or praise where appropriate, and the few British in our group get left out because they can't understand anything.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240097.post-79968084386502220832009-02-05T03:22:00.000+09:002009-02-05T03:22:00.000+09:00English is obviously the most "different" Germanic...English is obviously the most "different" Germanic language because it's been influenced so much by French and Latin. Modern English shares 75% or more of its vocabulary with French! Since vocabulary is the hardest part of learning a language, I'd say that the Romance languages are easier to learn than the Germanic languages. Of course, the Romance languages' noun conjugation is complex, but onceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com