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02-28-2005 at Moorgate
In message , Clive D. W. Feather
writes In article , Roland Perry writes But which version of English? Americans claim to speak Englsih, but insist on deviating from the original. Oddly enough, it's British English which has deviated from the original, while American English has stagnated. Neither statement is true; both have deviated from Middle English in various ways, and of course ME is in turn a deviation from Old English. There are some characteristics - notably pronunciation - where American has deviated less. Ask the Dutch: 10th century English (though called Frisian) is an official language in the Netherlands. I'm told (although I've never been up there) that the German spoken in the "Angeln", just South and West of the Danish frontier, is more or less intelligible to English people with no knowledge of German. Frisian, which I have heard, I can just about understand, though that's more due to my knowledge of German and to a lesser extent Dutch, I think. -- Ian Jelf, MITG Birmingham, UK Registered Blue Badge Tourist Guide for London and the Heart of England http://www.bluebadge.demon.co.uk |
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