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[BobSaysHi]

1st was engineering.
 
2nd was the incredibly intense language they have (I dig it, along with many scandinavian languages)

 

[TheDreamthinker]

This has become a language thread, which is GREAT.

 

[leeperry]

 

In norwegian it's 'sommerfugl' (sommervögel, a good example of how related german and the nordic languages are), literally meaning summer-bird. I think that's pretty nice.

English is a germanic language AFAIK. French used to be the international language before english was, and it's leaked into many languages but the german influence is much bigger and more ancient...basically all european languages are either latin or german based.
 
Funnily enough, the italians call latin "italiano classico"...to them, it's the same language.
 

English: Butterfly 
Spanish: Mariposa
German: Schmetterling

German is the language of love...or something 

 

[Eric_C]

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English is a germanic language AFAIK. French used to be the international language before english was, and it's leaked into many languages but the german influence is much bigger and more ancient...basically all european languages are either latin or germanic based.
 

English is germanic? But what about the French/Latinate roots in English words, such as all those ending with "-tion"?

 

[leeperry]

google's our friend: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=english+is+german+based+language&aq=2v&aqi=g1g-v3&aql=&oq=English+is+ger
 
"English and German share a common 'ancestor' in West Germanic"
 
I'm genuinely interested in how languages have evolved over centuries, and I very much enjoy danish movies(especially from Nicolas Winding Refn), their language seems to have a lot in common w/ english.

 

[monoethylene]

I love this thread

 

[Eric_C]

leeperry: Yes I know that, and I glanced at what Wikipedia had to say. I'm just surprised and I was hoping to hear why it is, or at least why you think it has been classified as such.

 

[limpidglitch]

Why english is a Germanic language?
Quite simply because when the germanic tribes expanded and populated britain about A.D. 450, they brought along with them their language.
Then divergent evolution resulted in bigger and bigger differences between the languages.
Through trade and war with Normans, and later conquest, and other latin people new words began to accumulate. Monks and missionaries contributed a bit, but the big bulk of new words came during the renaissance, when ideas were floating freely.
Then there are smaller contributions from e.g Arabic (mattress), Hindu (pajamas) and Old Norse (window)
 
Altogether this and a bit more makes up what is to-day English.

 

[TheDreamthinker]

I was always wondering why german is a germanic and french is a romance language.
although they are neighbours.

 

[buffalowings]

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that picture brings back memories from way back when...did anybody ever play with the puzz3d sets? you know, these
 

 

[TheDreamthinker]

yeah......Burg Neuschwanstein.....

 
nice place, but quiet windy up there.
 
i have been there twice.
 
how long did it take u to build that puzzle?

 

[monoethylene]

Why dont starting to talk german in this thread ????

 

[buffalowings]

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yeah......Burg Neuschwanstein.....

 
nice place, but quiet windy up there.
 
i have been there twice.
 
how long did it take u to build that puzzle?

I never actually built that one specifically, had a chance to pick one up for cheap years ago, still kinda regret not doing so

 

[TheDreamthinker]

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Why dont starting to talk german in this thread ????

why not?