▲ 562 ▼ i before e (thelemmy.club) submitted 2 weeks ago by ickplant@lemmy.world to c/funny@sh.itjust.works 67 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 2 weeks ago (7 children) Because English is three languages in a trench coat. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] fartographer@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (2 children) False. It's the runoff of a language-rich neighborhood. Stewing in a ditch filled with what looks like mud but smells like a dead family of possums at the bottom of a park trash can. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 weeks ago You isn’t wrong permalink fedilink source parent [+] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 weeks ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago Also funnily enough, it's arguably the most representative of the Germanic languages as a whole. It started out as a form of Central Germanic. Then during the Viking Age it was heavily influencd by a Northern Germanic language, Old Norse. Even the French influence is a very specific variety of French, since the Normans were actually descended from Vikings permalink fedilink source parent [–] Slovene85@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children) In a french coat permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 child) Hon hon hon! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Slovene85@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago Omelette du fromage? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] fartographer@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (2 children) False. It's the runoff of a language-rich neighborhood. Stewing in a ditch filled with what looks like mud but smells like a dead family of possums at the bottom of a park trash can. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 weeks ago You isn’t wrong permalink fedilink source parent [+] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 weeks ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago Also funnily enough, it's arguably the most representative of the Germanic languages as a whole. It started out as a form of Central Germanic. Then during the Viking Age it was heavily influencd by a Northern Germanic language, Old Norse. Even the French influence is a very specific variety of French, since the Normans were actually descended from Vikings permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Slovene85@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children) In a french coat permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 child) Hon hon hon! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Slovene85@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago Omelette du fromage? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 child) Hon hon hon! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Slovene85@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago Omelette du fromage? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Slovene85@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago Omelette du fromage? permalink fedilink source parent