Re: Intro and other
| From: | Joe Hill <joe@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, December 31, 2001, 16:49 |
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Padraic Brown" <agricola@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Monday, December 31, 2001 4:02 PM
Subject: Re: Intro and other
> Am 31.12.01, Gregory Gadow yscrifef:
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> > Pity, because Dutch is (I've been told) the closest
> > "living" relative that English has.
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> 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".
>
> > Gregory Gadow
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.
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