[lit-ideas] Re: Raison D'Etre
- From: Paul Stone <pas@xxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 03 Sep 2004 13:47:32 -0400
At 01:43 PM 9/3/2004, you wrote:
>From: <Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx>
>
> > I wonder why the English language sometimes uses _French_ expressions (of
> > all languages).
>
>English uses expressions from all languages, not just French. There's
>quite a bit of French
>because the French invaded and occupied England for a long time (page 1066
>in your history
>book).
>
>There's also lots of German, Swedish, and so on from all the immigration
>waves into North
>America.
If I'm not mistaken, even words who owe their etymology to "Klingon" made
it into the last OED.
p
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Paul Stone
pas@xxxxxxxx
Kingsville, ON, Canada
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