Re: French as the language of England

On 19/01/2012 14:09, Erilar wrote:
John Briggs<john.briggs4@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 18/01/2012 17:28, Erilar wrote:
Recorder<Sir.Recorder@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 17/01/2012 12:13, MCGARRY wrote:
A Frenchman has just expressed the idea to me that if the English had
won the hundred years war, French would have become the language of
England.
I've never heard this idea before but there is some logic to it.



About as much "logic" as the French Language completely wiping out Breton
in Bretagne, Catalan in Pyrenées Orientales, German in Lorraine, Basque in Gascony

Or English wiping out Welsh, Erse and Gaelic.

English just coopts vocabulary from every language it meets 8-)

How many words from Brythonic?

When did they meet?

Who was living in Britain when the Anglo-Saxons arrived?
--
John Briggs
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