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A comment on Uncleftish Beholding: English minus the non-Germanic words (1998). Parent comment

Re:Uncleftish Beholding: English minus the non-Germanic word... by rodgerd on Wednesday April 30, 2014 @05:16AM (#7672293)
Latin was used in England prior to the arrival of the Normans; the Roman invasion, pre-German Celtic Christianity, and then the reconversion to Catholicism.
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