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.WMiller wrote:Ditto, though strangely the thought the people actually believe this also makes me cry, inwardly and outwardly.Khang wrote:this just makes me laugh, inwarldy and outwardlyMercator's Teacher wrote:"The two parent languages of English are Greek and Latin"
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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
Back on topic...this quote rocks:
my mom took german and latin in school so she knew quite well where english came from and told me at a young age
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.
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Change that to "weird neighbour" and it will make more senseDazi 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
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.
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well given that nth-great-grandpa PIE had no need for viagra and "uncle" can also mean great uncle...Warmaster wrote:Change that to "weird neighbour" and it will make more senseDazi 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
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.
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Dazi wrote:well given that nth-great-grandpa PIE had no need for viagra and "uncle" can also mean great uncle...Warmaster wrote:Change that to "weird neighbour" and it will make more senseDazi wrote:Cro Magnon wrote:Old English is the father of modern English. Latin is the weird uncle who raised English in its formative years.
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A couple more
And the quote by Twp in Dela's current sig (sorry if that one's already been mentioned, i don't feel like checking).King wrote:Even the best of us confuse Welsh with Irish.Pie Man wrote:Apparently "df sd gadsg asdg sdfasd" is Irish.
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It has already been mentioned ?by you. I'll take that as meaning that I'm so funny I deserve to be mentioned twice.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).
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Good point. I shall amend my comment to be "...the thought that people actually teach this..."Rory wrote: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.WMiller wrote:Ditto, though strangely the thought the people actually believe this also makes me cry, inwardly and outwardly.Khang wrote:this just makes me laugh, inwarldy and outwardlyMercator's Teacher wrote:"The two parent languages of English are Greek and Latin"
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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).WMiller wrote:Good point. I shall amend my comment to be "...the thought that people actually teach this..."Rory wrote: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.WMiller wrote:Ditto, though strangely the thought the people actually believe this also makes me cry, inwardly and outwardly.Khang wrote:this just makes me laugh, inwarldy and outwardlyMercator's Teacher wrote:"The two parent languages of English are Greek and Latin"
Wow, you had "the talk" quite early then.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
Child: "Mummy, where does English come from?"
Mother: <Looks embarrassedly at Father> "You tell her, dear".
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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.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).
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I gereby quote this in the quotes thread.Echobeats wrote:Wow, you had "the talk" quite early then.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
Child: "Mummy, where does English come from?"
Mother: <Looks embarrassedly at Father> "You tell her, dear".
*snicker*
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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'.Trebor wrote: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.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).
Hehe. Thankyou. Being quoted gives me a warm, accepted feeling. It's as if a ascended to a new level of ZZBdom.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
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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It is a real language (Indonesian).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.
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