[PRCo] Re: Answer to Fred III's post on bilingual drivers

[Bob Dietrich]

So which was "yinz" derived from?

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Schneider
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 7:36 PM
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Subject: [PRCo] Re: Answer to Fred III's post on bilingual drivers

You would start a firestorm with that woman who is divorcing me  
Robert.   Marie is a retired English teacher who would want you to  
believe that English is derived mostly from Latin.    However, it  
probably has more words in it than many other or even most other  
languages because we have borrowed from French, German, English,  
Spanish, the American  
Indians .............................................................ad  
infinitum.   (That last item as Latin).


On Dec 10, 2007, at 5:29 PM, robert simpson wrote:

> I don't want to start a firestorm, ......
>
>   but it is interesting to note that English is derived from German  
> - not Latin.  While there may be some similarities, they are not of  
> the same origin.  French, Italian, Portugese, Romanian, and Spanish  
> are derived from Latin (the Romance Languages).  English has,  
> however, derived a considerable part of its vocabulary from Latin.   
> This appears to have occurred during the transitional stage from  
> German to Old English sometime during the 1600's and may have been  
> influenced by French.  Syntax differs between German and English -  
> also between English and the Romance languages.  I took Latin for  
> two long years in high school and still am in recovery.
>
>   English is the the official language of more countries than any  
> other language - estimated at 480 million.  Spanish is second with  
> 332 million.  Mandarin, however, is ranked number one with 1,120  
> million but is spoken in fewer countries!  see:  http:// 
> www.photius.com/rankings/languages2.html
>
>   English is the required and official language for aviation.
>
>   For more general info:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ 
> English_language
>
>   Interestingly, Los Angeles had proposed to make courses in  
> Ebonics available in their public schools about a year ago.  Los  
> Angeles.... very unusual place.....
>
>   Robert Simpson
>   from Krazy Kalifornia
>   ... where English can be heard occasionally.
>