Is there a point to this poll anyway?
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Is there a point to this poll anyway?
I do believe the American English is a mixture of French and English.Quote:
Originally Posted by eth0
And Greek, Latin, Russian, etc. Basically every culture has added to the language so its really hard to say it came from one or two spots.
Why does there have to be a point? This is the GD forum afterall.Quote:
Is there a point to this poll anyway?
I see MMDDYY quite a bit in Canadian english and our english is even closer to english english then american english is.Quote:
Originally Posted by eth0
english english english. (does it sound funny yet?)
French?!?!?! An insult!!!!Quote:
I do believe the American English is a mixture of French and English.
j/k :D
Day-Month-Year always done it that way, and it's "Twenty Third" not "Twenty Three" - the twenty third day of the month, not the twenty three for heavens sake.
>>You are all wrong. Everyone knows the proper way is as such:
>>YMYDMYDY
So, today is 20025044? Cool!
(BTW, you win Kermi3, you win. You're still wrong, but you win).
Yep.Quote:
Originally Posted by Russell
http://flashdaddee.com/forums/showth...&threadid=9961
Heh. Americans 1. British 0.
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Originally Posted by ZakkWylde969
hrm.... how about... NO. i am fluent in both and can say that there are no signs of french in american english. american english is just a perversion of the queens english.
*exception made to dubya who asks "whats the french word for entrepreneur?"
Actually modern English does have a lot of French influence (sadly), but we can ignore that fact and say it is Latin influence instead, because French really comes from Latin.
Latin influence comes mainly from when the Romans ruled England.
French influence (which is just MORE Latin influence) comes from when Charlamagne came into the picture.
Germanic influence has been come in from several different tribes.
Then there are also still elements of old English and Gaelic of course.
Overall 70% of English is from Latin roots (that includes the French part). 30% is Germanic in nature. However, I have heard that even though English is 70% Latin/30% Germanic, most of the most commonly used words in English are from Germanic origins. That makes sense I think. Because if I was using the 70% Latin part of my vocabulary, instead of saying "That makes sense I think", I would have said, "That rejuvinates my cognitative partition." Or something weird like that....
Influence /= mixture;
DDMMYYYY
or
YYYYMMDD
just makes more sense...
ROFL :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Ken Fitlike
This poll proves only one thing: there are to many damn Americans/Canedians here :p :p :p
j/k
BTW: Kermi, I'm never wrong :D.