Beowulf's opening "What" is no interjection

Re:Beowulf's opening "What" is no interjection by thaumasiotes on Thursday January 22, 2026 @11:26AM (#46721408)

You are a crackpot.

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Re:Beowulf's opening "What" is no interjection by antonvs on Thursday January 22, 2026 @11:37AM (#46721581)

I think they're just confusing Old Norse with Proto-Germanic, i.e. the common ancestor of both Old Norse and Old English.

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Re:Beowulf's opening "What" is no interjection by thaumasiotes on Thursday January 22, 2026 @11:42AM (#46721645)

>> French also began as a Nordic language, but over time only a few hundred or so words remained, with the rest being mostly Latin-based.

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Re:Beowulf's opening "What" is no interjection by antonvs on Thursday January 22, 2026 @12:20PM (#46722174)

Oh haha I missed that, thanks. That's quite the theory!

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