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Re: Norman French?

From:Don Blaheta <dpb@...>
Date:Monday, October 19, 1998, 4:48
Quoth Arek Bellagio:
> HI all. I heard the term Norman French the other day.. and I was wondering > if this was a type of 'old English' applied to French. Does anyone know? If > not.. what does it mean?
Norman French was (and is) the version of French spoken in Normandy; usually it refers to the Norman French of ~1000CE, which was what William the Conqueror spoke, and which provided a great deal of influence to English---iirc it was the main catalyst which brought Old English into Middle English.
> And also, whether or not you know the answer to the other question, does > anyone know a place where I can find some documented information on an older > version of French?
Nope, sorry... -- -=-Don Blaheta-=-=-dpb@cs.brown.edu-=-=-<http://www.cs.brown.edu/~dpb/>-=- Don't let people drive you crazy when you know it's in walking distance.