Re: Newest natlang?

Yes, great "stuff" indeed. :)  Although "stuff" itself is a
(pre-Norman, I think) borrowing from Old French, and "(a)round" is
also impure "Ander-Saxon".  You just can't cleanse English of its
furrin roots.



On 9/28/08, Philip Newton <philip.newton@...> wrote:
> On 28/09/2008, Jim Henry <jimhenry1973@...> wrote:
>> If you try to write on
>>  scientific or academic subjects without Romance or Latin/Greek
>>  words, though, you end up with something like this:
>>
>>
>> http://groups.google.com/group/alt.language.artificial/msg/69250bac6c7cbaff
>
> Ah, Uncleftish Beholding. Great stuff, that.
>
> Knowing German helps, but it's still hard to understand in places.
>
> Cheers,
> --
> Philip Newton <philip.newton@...>
>
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