tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240097.post6897087099007838403..comments2023-10-09T21:49:57.366+09:00Comments on Page F30: Similarities between Old English (Anglo-Saxon) and modern (plus old) IcelandicMehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15083766178887686304noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240097.post-1891210003324967332011-03-07T13:55:29.373+09:002011-03-07T13:55:29.373+09:00It seems that the modern Icelandic has changed lit...It seems that the modern Icelandic has changed little from the old Icelandic, and the old English look so similar to Icelandic.Voix Intérieurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16679238666461528426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240097.post-53548613571906209432011-03-07T13:55:29.096+09:002011-03-07T13:55:29.096+09:00The Germanic family is described as a can of worms...The Germanic family is described as a can of worms, rather than a family tree. Your analysis of the germanics here is pretty awesome. I would love to see a comparism of these phrases between English, Old English, Icelandic/Old Norse, Middle Dutch, Middle German, and Dutch and German. You might see a few things explained out here. (And possibly left with a few more questions.)<br><br>Also, you Yankeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16006445457394865979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240097.post-19922165115903798532009-03-06T15:37:00.000+09:002009-03-06T15:37:00.000+09:00That's right - it's definitely a mistake to simply...That's right - it's definitely a mistake to simply look at the standardized forms we have today and use those alone to attempt to ascertain whether people were able to understand each other 10 or more centuries ago.<BR/><BR/>One really interesting dialect/language is Yola:<BR/><BR/>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yola_language<BR/><BR/>It was kind of like a mix of Chaucerian English and some Irish, Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15083766178887686304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240097.post-7940971047115658692009-03-06T15:17:00.000+09:002009-03-06T15:17:00.000+09:00The Germanic family is described as a can of worms...The Germanic family is described as a can of worms, rather than a family tree. Your analysis of the germanics here is pretty awesome. I would love to see a comparism of these phrases between English, Old English, Icelandic/Old Norse, Middle Dutch, Middle German, and Dutch and German. You might see a few things explained out here. (And possibly left with a few more questions.)<BR/><BR/>Also, youYankeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16006445457394865979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240097.post-89894693599703359882009-03-05T23:19:00.000+09:002009-03-05T23:19:00.000+09:00Apparently though (you can see the discussion on t...Apparently though (you can see the discussion on that link there to the unilang forums) what has changed in Icelandic is the pronunciation, but it retains the archaic spelling. Some people there were arguing about which language *sounds* more like Old Norse, Swedish or Icelandic.<BR/><BR/>Still though, it's not just cosmetic because the grammar is still remarkably different from mainland Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15083766178887686304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240097.post-31289303962527666382009-03-05T23:00:00.000+09:002009-03-05T23:00:00.000+09:00I never realized they were so similar. Thanks for ...I never realized they were so similar. Thanks for the article. It seems the influences from French were even stronger than I always thought.<BR/><BR/>From the outside, I think the thorns in icelandic throw most people off, but that is cosmetic. I took up danish a few years ago, and I think I might have to take a look at this icelandic now, and see how those two differ.bthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07188128245347993638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240097.post-50104404284069421392009-03-05T17:13:00.000+09:002009-03-05T17:13:00.000+09:00It seems that the modern Icelandic has changed lit...It seems that the modern Icelandic has changed little from the old Icelandic, and the old English look so similar to Icelandic.Voix Intérieurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16679238666461528426noreply@blogger.com