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[–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

The English 'stole' words from the French in the same way half the European world 'stole' Roman roads, words, and customs.

They were colonised by the Normans you silly codswallop. The British retain French words because they were forced on them by the aristocracy a thousand years ago.

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