Charles wrote:
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> Sally Caves wrote:
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> > despite the fact that William conquered England and brought
> > his language to the throne, ENGLISH STILL PREVAILED! Norman French
> > became Anglo-Norman, and eventually middle English.
>
> Well, despite that you're *entirely* correct, still,
> if I can't read it, it's not English to me ...
> until about 1500 it's just Anglo-Saxon-Normanish.
So Chaucer is an Anglo-Saxon Norman? <G>
> It's like comparing the 1999 New York Yankees with
> the 1949 team -- not much recognizable but the insignia.
Ha ha... sigh. This is unfortunately how too many of my undergraduate
students feel.
Sally
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