Re:How English beat German as the language of science
by pavel_lishin on Monday October 13, 2014 @05:08PM
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> It just didn't seem particularly important to bother with...
That's on you.
Re:How English beat German as the language of science
by aaron-lebo on Monday October 13, 2014 @05:12PM
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Never said otherwise. You this hard on everyone or just fellow UTD alumni? ;)
Re:How English beat German as the language of science
by pavel_lishin on Monday October 13, 2014 @05:16PM
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Had I known you were a woosher, I'd have been harder :)
Out of the 50 most used English words, all but one are from Anglo-Saxon. Out of the top 200, all but 13 are from Anglo-Saxon. On the other hand, out of the entirety of the English vocabulary, only a small portion of them are Anglo-Saxon. English has a Germanic core but has borrowed happily from other Indo-European languages.
I hope I'm representing these numbers right. Been listening to the History of English podcast [1] which, if you like this stuff, is absolutely fascinating. The first episode is worth listening to just to hear Old and Middle English spoken.
1. http://historyofenglishpodcast.com/