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by johntm
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...
by johntm
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 ...
by johntm
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.
by johntm
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.