Re: Intro and other
| From: | Thomas R. Wier <trwier@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, December 31, 2001, 16:55 |
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Quoting Joe Hill <joe@...>:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Padraic Brown" <agricola@...>
> To: <CONLANG@...>
> > Am 31.12.01, Gregory Gadow yscrifef:
> >
> > > Pity, because Dutch is (I've been told) the closest
> > > "living" relative that English has.
> >
> > I thought that was Frisian; though I'd vote for Doric. Of course,
> > this all requires a specific definition of what is and is not
> > actually "English".
>
> It's Frisian, unless you count Scots as a language rather than a
> dialect. Then Dutch, then the Norse languages, then French, then
> German etc.
Better not say that around a member of the Scottish Nationalist
Party!
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Dept. of Linguistics mú:tho:n mè: teléein atrapòn mían..."
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