English language, Part 2/4

[americainegirl19]

he SAYS all of his SENTences with the SAME inFLECtion.

[he0got0soul]

He said the word "just," but it doesn't come from Anglo-Saxon roots, it comes from Latin "justus."

[Deogol16]

It's often difficult to know if someone is merely simplifying for an audience or simply doesn't know enough about a subject. Present day Italians don't speak Italian because the Romans conquered them and made them speak Latin. Latin was one dialect that rose to prominence...just as Standard English is merely one dialect that became powerful for socio-economic (not linguistic) reasons.

[tomsega]

@Deogol16 - Of course it was socio-economic reasons. How does a language rise to prominence for "linguistic reasons"? Except for suggesting a language could somehow become popular for pure aesthetic beauty, it's gonna be political and economic forces!

[AnimeFascination]

Heh. A lot of his facts are wrong, but it's awfully fun to watch/listen to, ne?

[Doliath]

Is this supposed to be a comedy routine?

Julius Caesar didn't conquer England.

[kynanoscar]

Yes he did! But the Germanic invasions retook England after the fall of Rome.

[Caveabomni]

A great deal of english words came from latin, including LANGUAGE and HISTORY LOL

[AkuaRising]

What about MMMMMMMMMM or Uhhhhhhh LOL. That doesn't make sense. Its really because we all learned the alphabet from the same people.

[22poopoo]

About the Norman invasion: its interesting that all our words forour animals alive our anglo-saxon eg Cow. But all the meat ones are are Old Freanch, Beef( beof) . Obvioulsy cos the peaseant English farmed them and Norman nobles ate them.

[dthdc4]

the word "inhale" is not anglo-saxon but latin

in-in,into

halare - breathe

[Trouweman9]

ENGLISH IS GERMANIC NO

[madbob73]

Can't believe this guy gets to lecture. No mention of Danish influence at all in the English language either FFS

[KommieKillah]

But it's fun, right ?

[NorseRonin]

@madbob73 he did mention the Jutes from southern Scandinavia (aka Danish). Overall this is a really dumbed down lecture, but informative and entertaining nonetheless. I know you commented over a year ago, so sorry for replying so late :P

[Louieinoz]

Giant is not anglo saxon its latin, inhale is latin

[Glenn666]

giant is not latin....