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jonessoda

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I love Germanic languages. Not just modern German and English. I love Old English (Anglo-Saxon, not archaic English), Icelandic, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, etc. I love the way the sound. I love the way they look. Even Dutch and its bastard brother, Afrikaans. All Germanic languages.

Except Frisian. Fvck Frisian.
 
Originally posted by: IGBT
where does Gaelic (Ireland) fit into the language puzzle. It sounds like Latin.
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It's Indo-European>Celtic>Insular Celtic>Goidelic, whereas, say, English is Indo-European>Germanic>West Germanic>Anglo-Frisian>Anglic, and Latin is Indo-European>Italic>Latino-Faliscan. So, Latin and Irish are only very loosely related.

 
Originally posted by: jonessoda
Originally posted by: IGBT
where does Gaelic (Ireland) fit into the language puzzle. It sounds like Latin.
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It's Indo-European>Celtic>Insular Celtic>Goidelic, whereas, say, English is Indo-European>Germanic>West Germanic>Anglo-Frisian>Anglic, and Latin is Indo-European>Italic>Latino-Faliscan. So, Latin and Irish are only very loosely related.
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..is Gaelic as/more explicit as english? Where does it fit in?
 
Originally posted by: IGBT
Originally posted by: jonessoda
Originally posted by: IGBT
where does Gaelic (Ireland) fit into the language puzzle. It sounds like Latin.
Click to expand...

It's Indo-European>Celtic>Insular Celtic>Goidelic, whereas, say, English is Indo-European>Germanic>West Germanic>Anglo-Frisian>Anglic, and Latin is Indo-European>Italic>Latino-Faliscan. So, Latin and Irish are only very loosely related.
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..is Gaelic as/more explicit as english? Where does it fit in?
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? I just explained, Irish (often known as Gaelic) is a Celtic language, whereas Latin is Italic and English is Germanic. These are all subcategories of Indo-European, which is a family of related languages originating the European continent and Indian subcontinent. What do you mean by 'explicit?'
 
Originally posted by: jonessoda
Originally posted by: IGBT
Originally posted by: jonessoda
Originally posted by: IGBT
where does Gaelic (Ireland) fit into the language puzzle. It sounds like Latin.
Click to expand...

It's Indo-European>Celtic>Insular Celtic>Goidelic, whereas, say, English is Indo-European>Germanic>West Germanic>Anglo-Frisian>Anglic, and Latin is Indo-European>Italic>Latino-Faliscan. So, Latin and Irish are only very loosely related.
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..is Gaelic as/more explicit as english? Where does it fit in?
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? I just explained, Irish (often known as Gaelic) is a Celtic language, whereas Latin is Italic and English is Germanic. These are all subcategories of Indo-European, which is a family of related languages originating the European continent and Indian subcontinent. What do you mean by 'explicit?'
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.. wondering about it's expressed precision and eloquence.. articulateness? Are Indo-European languages similar in their expressiveness?

 
Originally posted by: jonessoda
I love Germanic languages. Not just modern German and English. I love Old English (Anglo-Saxon, not archaic English), Icelandic, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, etc. I love the way the sound. I love the way they look. Even Dutch and its bastard brother, Afrikaans. All Germanic languages.

Except Frisian. Fvck Frisian.
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Ich dachte, dass Enlisch ursprunglish aus Frisisch entstanden ist?

Und auch...Obwohl Englisch technisch eine germanische Sprache ist...doch glaube ich, dass zumindest 50% der Worten im Englischen lateinischer Herkunft sind...Englisch ist wie ein Samelsurium von verschiedenen europaischen Sprachen 😛

Ziemlich seltsam 😀
 
Originally posted by: her209
I love the women who speak them.
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What? They're easily the most un-sexy languages possible! "Oooh, ja...mein brustvart Nachfrageaufmerksamkeit, sofort!"

BTW, literal translation of "Brustvart" is Breast-Wart. AKA, teh nipple.
 
Originally posted by: Noema
Originally posted by: jonessoda
I love Germanic languages. Not just modern German and English. I love Old English (Anglo-Saxon, not archaic English), Icelandic, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, etc. I love the way the sound. I love the way they look. Even Dutch and its bastard brother, Afrikaans. All Germanic languages.

Except Frisian. Fvck Frisian.
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Ich dachte, dass Enlisch ursprunglish aus Frisisch entstanden ist?

Und auch...Obwohl Englisch technisch eine germanische Sprache ist...doch glaube ich, dass zumindest 50% der Worten im Englischen lateinischer Herkunft sind...Englisch ist wie ein Samelsurium von verschiedenen europaischen Sprachen 😛

Ziemlich seltsam 😀
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Actually, Frisian and English are both part of the Anglo-Frisian group, a subgroup of West Germanic, but Frisian and English diverged from there. It's like how chimps and humans likely had a common ancestor. What I'm trying to say is Frisian is like the retarded cousin of English.

Funnily, Frisian is the closest living language to Old English, followed by Icelandic.

Man, I hate Frisian.
 
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