Re:The lost letters of the English alphabet
by pluma on Tuesday January 17, 2017 @06:56AM
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I actually learned something today.
I had always chalked up the Viking invasions to "more of the same" after the Anglo-Saxons had settled, but you're of course right that the two (well, three, I guess) groups came from different geographical areas and the Vikings would of course have spoken a distinctly different language.
I guess I conflated the common view that English is originally a Germanic language with French influences with "English is Anglo-Saxon plus French over time".
I had always chalked up the Viking invasions to "more of the same" after the Anglo-Saxons had settled, but you're of course right that the two (well, three, I guess) groups came from different geographical areas and the Vikings would of course have spoken a distinctly different language.
I guess I conflated the common view that English is originally a Germanic language with French influences with "English is Anglo-Saxon plus French over time".