07-05-2018, 01:22 PM
(07-05-2018, 01:13 PM)hollodero Wrote: I learned two things from that. First, "hinterland" is an English word somehow.
Modern English is kind of an amalgamation between Germanic and Romantic languages. Old English was entirely Germanic. Then the Normans introduced their language to shift us to Middle English. Then the great vowel shift moved us to modern English. So the English of present day is a mash-up, which is why there are similarities to German languages within.
Note, this is a very simplified accounting of what happened to the language.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
