Re: Essentialist Explanations, 8.0 edition

Dan Seriff wrote:
>John Cowan wrote:
> >
> > There is now a separate Italian section, thanks to a whole set
> > of Italian dialect E.E.'s.
> >
> > I need only 8 more explanations to reach 300!
>
>Here's some more:
>
>Latin is essentially Greek with all of the interesting bits dropped into
>the Adriatic.
>Italian is essentially machine gun fire heard from a long way off.
>Dutch is essentially what you know to be English, only heard through
>lots of loud background noise.
>Russian is essentially an articulated wail.
>Old English is essentially mispronounced Modern English spoken while
>wearing armor and carrying a roundshield and sword.
Oh, let me add something too:

Danish is essentially Swedish minus articulation.
Danish is essentially [@::::::::::::::::].
Koine Greek is essentially Classical Greek as spoken by people who don't
know any Greek.
Sanskrit is essentially PIE as spoken by people who like /a/.
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