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- Fri Feb 04, 2011 4:30 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Grammar Changes in Languages
- Replies: 45
- Views: 8906
Re: Grammar Changes in Languages
I don't know about the goose->geese example you posted, but a lot of weird grammar (and vocabulary) occurrences in English come from when the Normans ruled England and when the Danes invaded, throughout periods where Latin was the lingua franca. English took from Anglo-Norman, Old Norse, Latin, and...
- Fri Feb 04, 2011 4:03 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Grammar Changes in Languages
- Replies: 45
- Views: 8906
Re: Grammar Changes in Languages
I don't know about the goose->geese example you posted, but a lot of weird grammar (and vocabulary) occurrences in English come from when the Normans ruled England and when the Danes invaded, throughout periods where Latin was the lingua franca. English took from Anglo-Norman, Old Norse, Latin, and ...
- Wed Jan 26, 2011 1:07 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: "To win the future"
- Replies: 23
- Views: 5014
Re: "To win the future"
I'm fine with it, I didn't hear it in context, so it sounds a little weirder, but I understand what he means.
That being said it means nothing, because (like every other politician) he isn't going to win shit or do anything he says.
That being said it means nothing, because (like every other politician) he isn't going to win shit or do anything he says.
- Sun Jan 16, 2011 11:07 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Teléfono políglota XII (Polyglottal Telephone XII)
- Replies: 223
- Views: 38278
Re: Teléfono polígloto XII
I can do English-Spanish and Spanish-English, but I'd rather translate the Spanish to English because I'm afraid I'd make a mistake in translating it into Spanish.