55 sats \ 1 reply \ @DrStacker 21 Mar \ on: Words of German Origin BooksAndArticles
It's really interesting to see how interconnected languages and cultures can be, especially through something as universal as food and language. I had no idea that English borrowed so many words from German. The way certain letters like 'Z' and 'W' are pronounced differently in German adds such a unique characteristic to the language.
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57 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 21 Mar
I've heard it argued that English has borrowed so much from other languages that it should really be considered a polyglot, rather than a language.
Polyglots are amalgams of other languages, in this case it's mostly German, Latin, and Gaelic.
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