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WMiller wrote:
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Mercator's Teacher wrote:"The two parent languages of English are Greek and Latin"
this just makes me laugh, inwarldy and outwardly
Ditto, though strangely the thought the people actually believe this also makes me cry, inwardly and outwardly.
Like me? I used to believe it, and I wouldn't be surprised if you (or any other member of the board) believed it too.
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I can honestly say that I have never thaut English came from Latin. But it is an understandable mistake.

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nor did i...I though it came from "classical english" or "ancient english" for a while and then amended that to "old english"

my mom took german and latin in school so she knew quite well where english came from and told me at a young age :mrgreen:


Back on topic...this quote rocks:
Cro Magnon wrote:Old English is the father of modern English. Latin is the weird uncle who raised English in its formative years. :mrgreen:
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Dazi wrote:nor did i...I though it came from "classical english" or "ancient english" for a while and then amended that to "old english"

my mom took german and latin in school so she knew quite well where english came from and told me at a young age :mrgreen:


Back on topic...this quote rocks:
Cro Magnon wrote:Old English is the father of modern English. Latin is the weird uncle who raised English in its formative years. :mrgreen:
Change that to "weird neighbour" and it will make more sense :wink:
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Warmaster wrote:
Dazi wrote:nor did i...I though it came from "classical english" or "ancient english" for a while and then amended that to "old english"

my mom took german and latin in school so she knew quite well where english came from and told me at a young age :mrgreen:


Back on topic...this quote rocks:
Cro Magnon wrote:Old English is the father of modern English. Latin is the weird uncle who raised English in its formative years. :mrgreen:
Change that to "weird neighbour" and it will make more sense :wink:
well given that nth-great-grandpa PIE had no need for viagra and "uncle" can also mean great uncle...
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Dazi wrote:
Warmaster wrote:
Dazi wrote:
Cro Magnon wrote:Old English is the father of modern English. Latin is the weird uncle who raised English in its formative years. :mrgreen:
Change that to "weird neighbour" and it will make more sense :wink:
well given that nth-great-grandpa PIE had no need for viagra and "uncle" can also mean great uncle...
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graig wrote:If your one of those who dosn't like using thier language to its full potential, I apologise for the swearing :mrgreen:
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Dewrad's quoteworthy gem of wisdom: "It's all quite simple. Communism is teh EEEVILZ0RZ!!!1!1! and anything which can even be broadly interpreted as being detrimental to communism is a Good Thing." :mrgreen:

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Pie Man wrote:Apparently "df sd gadsg asdg sdfasd" is Irish.
Even the best of us confuse Welsh with Irish.
And the quote by Twp in Dela's current sig (sorry if that one's already been mentioned, i don't feel like checking).

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Trebor wrote:And the quote by Twp in Dela's current sig (sorry if that one's already been mentioned, i don't feel like checking).
It has already been mentioned ?by you. I'll take that as meaning that I'm so funny I deserve to be mentioned twice.

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Rory wrote:
WMiller wrote:
Khang wrote:
Mercator's Teacher wrote:"The two parent languages of English are Greek and Latin"
this just makes me laugh, inwarldy and outwardly
Ditto, though strangely the thought the people actually believe this also makes me cry, inwardly and outwardly.
Like me? I used to believe it, and I wouldn't be surprised if you (or any other member of the board) believed it too.
Good point. I shall amend my comment to be "...the thought that people actually teach this..."
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WMiller wrote:
Rory wrote:
WMiller wrote:
Khang wrote:
Mercator's Teacher wrote:"The two parent languages of English are Greek and Latin"
this just makes me laugh, inwarldy and outwardly
Ditto, though strangely the thought the people actually believe this also makes me cry, inwardly and outwardly.
Like me? I used to believe it, and I wouldn't be surprised if you (or any other member of the board) believed it too.
Good point. I shall amend my comment to be "...the thought that people actually teach this..."
Well, if it can make you feel better, at young age I used to think of english as a mix of "celtic", "anglo saxon" (wich was a dictinct category from "germanic") and French (I didn't know the word "creole" at this step).

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Dazi wrote:my mom took german and latin in school so she knew quite well where english came from and told me at a young age :mrgreen:
Wow, you had "the talk" quite early then.

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Legion wrote:Well, if it can make you feel better, at young age I used to think of english as a mix of "celtic", "anglo saxon" (wich was a dictinct category from "germanic") and French (I didn't know the word "creole" at this step).
On behalf of linguoboy... creole != mixed language. Tok Pisin is an example of the former; it consists of a great deal of vocabulary from English, followed by a bit of Portuguese and Papuan languages. Tok Pisin did not exist as a language until (iirc) people from PNG (and some other places) went to Australia to work; these people picked up some English from their landlords/bosses/whatever, and this language (iirc) was used to communicate with their superiors. Otoh, English is an example of the latter; it consists of basic Germanic roots with truckloads of borrowed vocabulary from Latin and French, among many others. So, there was no Tok Pisin until English- and Otherlanguages-speaking people came into contact, whereas there was a language called English (well, not "English", but you get the point) before 1066. I hope that made a tiny bit of sense.

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Cro Magnon wrote:So, if I actually got paid for conworlding, would it be a conjob?
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Echobeats wrote:
Dazi wrote:my mom took german and latin in school so she knew quite well where english came from and told me at a young age :mrgreen:
Wow, you had "the talk" quite early then.

Child: "Mummy, where does English come from?"
Mother: <Looks embarrassedly at Father> "You tell her, dear".
I gereby quote this in the quotes thread.
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Trebor wrote:
Legion wrote:Well, if it can make you feel better, at young age I used to think of english as a mix of "celtic", "anglo saxon" (wich was a dictinct category from "germanic") and French (I didn't know the word "creole" at this step).
On behalf of linguoboy... creole != mixed language. Tok Pisin is an example of the former; it consists of a great deal of vocabulary from English, followed by a bit of Portuguese and Papuan languages. Tok Pisin did not exist as a language until (iirc) people from PNG (and some other places) went to Australia to work; these people picked up some English from their landlords/bosses/whatever, and this language (iirc) was used to communicate with their superiors. Otoh, English is an example of the latter; it consists of basic Germanic roots with truckloads of borrowed vocabulary from Latin and French, among many others. So, there was no Tok Pisin until English- and Otherlanguages-speaking people came into contact, whereas there was a language called English (well, not "English", but you get the point) before 1066. I hope that made a tiny bit of sense.
I know what a creole is :) What I was saying is that, at a much younger age, I used to believe of english as a creole, except I didn't know the word 'creole'.

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Matt wrote:
graig wrote:If your one of those who dosn't like using thier language to its full potential, I apologise for the swearing :mrgreen:
Hehe. Thankyou. Being quoted gives me a warm, accepted feeling. It's as if a ascended to a new level of ZZBdom. :mrgreen:
Oh, and if it means anything to you, every time a read your sig I laugh. Literally every time. Sometimes I think about it at random intervals in the day and it makes me laugh. If its not a real language, dont tell me, as its humour level would fall to 0.
I occasionally smile at the boaty boat boat bit too. Something about the last one being a link...
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graig wrote:ZZB
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graig wrote:Oh, and if it means anything to you, every time a read your sig I laugh. Literally every time. Sometimes I think about it at random intervals in the day and it makes me laugh. If its not a real language, dont tell me, as its humour level would fall to 0.
It is a real language (Indonesian).
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YAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!
You just made my boring evening joyful. Thankyou.
:mrgreen: :D :mrgreen: :) :mrgreen: :D :mrgreen: :) :mrgreen: :D :mrgreen: :) :mrgreen: :D :mrgreen: :) :mrgreen: :D :mrgreen: :)

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Trebor: actually a mixed language not only borrows boatloads of vocabulary, but also borrows boatloads of morphology. Pidgins and creoles tend not to borrow morphology from any of their source languages.

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Valyrian wrote:I'm starting to realize that a *realistic* fantasy world (like I imagined mine to be) maybe unrealistic.
Who among us has not had this moment...? :D
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