Re: For French speakers only
- From: Stephane Faroult <sfaroult@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 08 Mar 2004 20:35:04 +0100
Mladen Gogala wrote:
>
> Phrase "lingua franca" literally means "the languge of the Francs". It is a
> medieval
> term, from the times of Carl the Great, the ruler of the Francs who was
> crowned for
> an Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (not to be confused with the rather
> unholy one
> that preceded it) and the language of the Francs was to become the new
> official
> language of the empire which encompassed more or less the whole Europe,
> including
> the infamous village in today's France. Thus the term "lingua franca". It
> wasn't
> to be. Instead of the term "lingua franca", we should use the term "lingua
> saxonica",
> because it was the language of the Saxons that became used all over the world.
Methinks lingua saxonica got another layer of langua franca circa 1066
or about.
--
Regards,
Stephane Faroult
Oriole Software
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