yea french owns lol
lol jk
yes french comes from latin, and english comes from french, so english comes from latin. but i guess latin was just invented by ppl that wanted to talk. so they just found any names like this.
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yea french owns lol
lol jk
yes french comes from latin, and english comes from french, so english comes from latin. but i guess latin was just invented by ppl that wanted to talk. so they just found any names like this.
Well, that's true to an extent. English has tons of French words, but actually it derives from Proto-Germanic, a language once spoken in northern Germany and Scandinavia, which gave rise to German, Dutch, English, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish and Icelandic. But when the French invaded England in the 11th century, they brought thousands and thousands of words into the language, and as Latin was the language of the educated classes for many centuries, lots of Latin words found their way into the language too. The result is that if you count all the words in the dictionary, most of them are French or Latin in origin. However, all of the most common words are still Proto-Germanic words. Function words like "the", "you", "and", "what", and most words for everyday things like "house", "grass", "water" and "man" are Germanic in origin, but less commonly used words like "concept", "religion", "language" and "science" come from Latin and/or French (it's often difficult to tell which since French is simply an evolved form of Latin).Quote:
Originally Posted by ladyM
Latin, however, was not just invented from scratch. It developed from an even earlier language, Proto-Indo-European, which gave rise to the Germanic languages, Greek, the Slavic languages, most of the languages of northern India, and many more.
whenever i'm high, i end up creating words at times, that don't exsist...and i always ask some one if that word i just used even exsisted..kinda cool
Plus ca change plus ce la meme chose. :stoned:
Sorry to nitpick, but it's Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.Quote:
Originally Posted by beachguy in thongs
Ah, I don't have those keys, you're right, I forget the c'est.
have any of you ever heard of the word...
Ass-Goblin
i belive the O is pronounced softly as in (aww)
ass-gob·lin (s-gbln)
n. pl. ass·gblns (sz)
1. Any of several hoofed mammals of the genus Equuselfin , resembling and closely related to the grotesque horses but having a smaller build and longer ears, and including the domesticated donkey thought to work mischief or evil.
2. A vain, self-important, silly, or aggressively stupid person.
How did they come up with basic words like "The" "how" "did" "they" "come" "up" "with" "basic" "words" "like"
Huh? "huh?"
THE-Middle English, from Old English the, alteration (influenced by , th-, oblique case stem of demonstrative pron.) of se, masculine demonstrative pron.; see so- in Indo-European roots.
HOW-Middle English howe, from Old English h; see kwo- in Indo-European roots.
DID- Past tense of do DO-Middle English don, from Old English dn; see dh- in Indo-European roots.
THEY- Middle English, from Old Norse their, masculine pl. demonstrative and personal pron.; see to- in Indo-European roots.
COME-Middle English comen, from Old English cuman; see gw- in Indo-European roots
UP-Middle English up, upward and uppe, on high, both from Old English p; see upo in Indo-European roots
WITH-Middle English, with, against, from, from Old English; see wi- in Indo-European roots
BASIC-BA-Bachelor of Arts, bathroom, batting average, British Academy, Buenos Aires, the symbol for the element barium, abbr. Bible; Baruch
SIC-Latin sc; see so- in Indo-European roots.]
WORD(S)- Middle English, from Old English; see wer-5 in Indo-European roots
LIKE- Middle English liken, from Old English lcian, to please; see lk- in Indo-European roots.
HUH-huh (h)
interj.
Used to express interrogation, surprise, contempt, or indifference.
Now explain every word you just typed. :stoned:
Middle English
n.
The English language from about 1100 to 1500.
Old English
n.
1. The English language from the middle of the 5th to the beginning of the 12th century. Also called Anglo-Saxon.
2. Printing See black letter.
In·do-Eu·ro·pe·an (nd-yr-pn)
n.
1.
a. A family of languages consisting of most of the languages of Europe as well as those of Iran, the Indian subcontinent, and other parts of Asia.
b. Proto-Indo-European. Also called Indo-Germanic.
2. A member of any of the peoples speaking an Indo-European language.
past tense
n.
A verb tense used to express an action or a condition that occurred in or during the past. For example, in While she was sewing, he read aloud, was sewing and read are in the past tense.
Old Norse
n.
1. The North Germanic languages until the middle of the 14th century.
2.
a. Old Icelandic.
b. Old Norwegian.
sweet!
I'll pay you 20 dollars a day to my personal dictionary.
"I'll pay you 20 dollars a day to my personal dictionary."
I don't understand the offer... :smokin: ... :stoned:
I was having dinner with my wife awhile back at a rustic kind of place in Vermont when a party of about fifteen youths and a couple of adults came in. They were seated at a row of tables and the waitress brought menus.
'Oh great' I thought...'there goes my peace and quiet. these kids will be yelling and throwing food before you know it.' I was convinced they would be loud and obnoxious.
After some time had passed, I realized that the noise level in the place hadn't risen much in decibels. When I looked over at their tables again, they were using sign language. They were all obviously deaf.
So, what is language anyway?
If you smile at me
I will understand
Because that is something
Everybody everywhere does
In the same Language
Crosby, Stills, Nash
(Wooden Ships)
Well, I only bothered to read the first post, but most words in modern languages are direct descendents of the languages that preceded them. I believe English is composed mostly of Latin and German. Look at the similarities between many of the words in Spanish, and their Latin equivalents. I'm not sure how a language evolves into another language, but I assume it is due to regional slang, mispronunciations, accents, and the like.
This is eerie; many threads that've been popping up are the very things I've been wondering about lately. :eek: