• @[email protected]
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    619 hours ago

    English has a lot in common with both, being a language that has been bludgeoned by both.

    • hendrik
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      113 hours ago

      Isn’t it the other way round? The english having bludgeoned the other languages and made the result theirs? And english and german both are west germanic languages and share a common ancestor.

      • @[email protected]
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        410 hours ago

        No. English got its French words after William the Conqueror of Normandy (France) invaded England and conquered the Anglo Saxons.