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It's like, they take english words, take off a few of the letters, and then replace that with like 10 unconnected letters.
Oh well, it's easier to get through than french.

Its Leikamera, Sirtaki english words, ready to take off! a Fury von den Leitern and then "Reh, platze!" that mit 10 unverbundenen Leitern.

Dies war Deutsch!

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Well, in fact, it's the other way around.

English derived from german in the beginning of the last millennium.

The Saxons went to Britain and became the Anglo-Saxons, and took over the leadership in Britain then.

Since french was very popular at this time in the royal class, English evolved as a mixture of simplified german grammar with a huge mixture of german und french words.

So in fact, english is the language which "cuts off" the letters used in german grammar und shortened the word.

But anyways, you are welcome!

And, oh, yeah, of course...

What Doremi wrote ip there is of course complete gibberish and doesn't even make sense to german speaking people even if they would spend hours on interpreting the stuff he wrote up there.

Zitat:Original von The Adventurer
You must be an international member.

Well, in fact, it's the other way around.

English derived from german in the beginning of the last millennium.

The Saxons went to Britain and became the Anglo-Saxons, and took over the leadership in Britain then.

Since french was very popular at this time in the royal class, English evolved as a mixture of simplified german grammar with a huge mixture of german und french words.

So in fact, english is the language which "cuts off" the letters used in german grammar und shortened the word.

But anyways, you are welcome!

You`re right, Mr Adventurer. Almost ...
I think there are a few things to add.

It`s absolutely correct that the Angles and Saxons came to Britain (in the 6th century A.D.) and took over leadership after having defeated the picts and scots who were trying to invade the south of Britain.
By the way, it`s not for nothing that their country is called England (the name developed from Angleland).

But not only the germanic tribes of the Angles and Saxons came to Britain, but also scandinavian tribes (better known as the vikings).
This is why there are a lot of scandinavian words in English, such as to get or to die.

But the reason why English contains so much french words is the famous date 1066: The Norman William the Conqueror came to England and conquered almost the whole country (battle of Hastings).
The Normans took over the English throne and established French as the language of nobility.

For about 300 years, French was the most important language in England.

Today, more than 50 % of the English language are derived from French ! But it still remains a germanic language due to its grammatical structures and origins.

So far, good night

RoeliP

PS: An unsere germanischen Forummember: Habt ihr mal einen Friesen und einen Engländer zusammen sprechen gehört? Ist wirklich witzig, man hört fast keinen Unterschied. Die Friesen sagen ja z.B. noch water zu Wasser usw.

Ich habe den Sachsen das Angeln beigebracht!! Seitdem nennt man sie Angelsachsen

Ach ne das war König Arthur, zumindest laut Monty Python

I could have sworn English was mostly latin. Anyway, do all German people speak English? Because in some countries it's mandatory they learn English along with the country native, while in Britain (and America) you just have to take it in High School as a modern language but usually don't become fluent in it and forget after they graduate.

I think the most european countries are having englisch in school but im not sure.....
Germay and Netherlands have!

Switzerland too

Mfg
Rayman

A good friend who've gone to the USAS for a year told me that they dont learn another language there. You could take French as a optional subject, but he took it and told me that it was very easy stuff (he had French hier as a second language). And they had two history subjects. American and European, where European was 1h per week and American 4h. Even though the things they learned in European history were some times historical incorrect.
IMHO: Who cares??

Aber aber, The Adventurer, ich habe doch nur die Phonetik des ersten Posts in deutsche Wörter übertragen ... tsts ...