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Languages Students Learn In The United States

Which languages would you like to learn?

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SenorXm/Sirius said:
The example I remember him using on how F'ed up English is, is the 7 different pronunciations of 'ough'... Lol
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When I was in school the primary foreign languages taught were French, Spanish and (to a lesser extent) Italian. My HS also offered Latin but no one took it.

I took 3 years of French in HS and a year of German in college. Can't speak either worth a damn because we don't teach languages - what we teach in grammar with a little conversational stuff thrown in. On my own over the years I've picked up a good bit of Latin and Japanese primarily by just sitting down with books and a dictionary and listening to the languages spoken.
 


The Queen's Christmas Broadcast 2021​

 
English is a strange language..

But help me out here.. Many European are obviously based on Latin.. But I don't think English is... German origin? Idk..
 


ADDRESS TO A HAGGIS BY ROBERT BURNS PERFORMED BY ACTOR GARETH MORRISON​


I like it! (y) (y) (y) (y)
 



The Bonnie Banks of Loch Lomond | Highland Saga​


I love it! :love:
 
SenorXm/Sirius said:
Ok.. Thx.. But how? The Romans obviously were in England.. So Latin... The Germans were there too?
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Anglo-Saxons entirely replaced the Romans over several centuries, bringing their own language. English people are descended from Anglo-Saxons. I'm not sure why the Romans left.
 
lwf said:
Anglo-Saxons entirely replaced the Romans over several centuries, bringing their own language. English people are descended from Anglo-Saxons. I'm not sure why the Romans left.
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Ok.. Thx... I'm pretty good at history.. But I admit not much on English history..
 
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SenorXm/Sirius said:
... The Germans were there too?
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Not were there - they still are there - as the Anglo-Saxons. :)

The Romans did not leave their language there.
It was the Normans who brought their Norman French with them in 1066.

So:

Anglo-Saxon + Norman French = English. (y)

With a little bit of Danish, too. :)
 
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Rumpel said:
Not were there - they still are there - as the Anglo-Saxons. :)

The Romans did not leave their language there.
It was the Normans who brought their Norman French with them in 1066.

So:

Anglo-Saxon + Norman French = English. (y)

With a little bit of Danish, too. :)
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The Romans left their language, and other things where ever they conquered..

Yeah I know English is not based on Latin like many other European languages are... But still..
 
lwf said:
Anglo-Saxons entirely replaced the Romans over several centuries, bringing their own language. English people are descended from Anglo-Saxons.
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So it is. :)
From the Anglo-Saxons and the Norman French. :)
 
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Rumpel said:
Two things:

They did not like the climate.
And they were needed in Rome again!
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Guess that makes sense. For a Mediterranean people, the chillier oceanic climate of the British Isles was probably less than appealing. For Scandinavians, it was likely seen as a step up from the harsh winters of the subarctic.
 
Btw:

Did anybody listen to ....

the Queen

Roberrrrrrrrrrrrt Burrrrrrrrrrrrrrns

and Loch Lomond?


:)
 
SenorXm/Sirius said:
The Romans left their language, and other things where ever they conquered..

Yeah I know English is not based on Latin like many other European languages are... But still..
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My understanding is the Roman exodus was relatively sudden, and the Saxon replacement happened toward the end of it. There wasn't as much cultural overlap as there would have been in other areas the Romans conquered.
 
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