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minus-squarekarashta@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up41·3 months agoIf this is his thought process, he should take it a step further. French is just badly pronounced Latin.
minus-squareWarl0k3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38·3 months agoMy mother (who is french) describes the language as “Latin, but mumbled around a cigarette”
minus-squarenilloc@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoWith more phlegm. So what’s German then? A bunch of that overlaps with English words too from my recollection.
minus-squaremojofrododojo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months agogerman is just language lego - you just keep building new words from old parts.
minus-squareforce@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoBut in this case French actually is Latin. English isn’t a descendant of French, but French is derived mostly from Latin
If this is his thought process, he should take it a step further.
French is just badly pronounced Latin.
My mother (who is french) describes the language as “Latin, but mumbled around a cigarette”
With more phlegm.
So what’s German then? A bunch of that overlaps with English words too from my recollection.
german is just language lego - you just keep building new words from old parts.
Swedish checking in.
But in this case French actually is Latin. English isn’t a descendant of French, but French is derived mostly from Latin