Re: Worst European attractions

On Sat, 19 Aug 2006 21:02:10 +0200, Wolfgang Schwanke
<see@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hatunen <hatunen@xxxxxxx> wrote in
news:i6tbe2d59vdltcfn0hg60dbkbnhp1fv72p@ 4ax.com:

Question: Are words retained from the Normans truly words from
French?

As opposed to what? The Normans spoke a Romance language that is
usually classified as a regional variety of early French. What else
would it be?

That's what I'm asking. But you have shed no light on it.

But regional varieties are not always considered the same
language.

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