Mongrel Nation - Brown cow
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Uploaded by jasonkanerichardson on Nov 14, 2007
Eddie goes to Friesland to try and speak old english. Apparently the english language as we know it originated from holland in its earliest form 1000 years ago (old english). Eddie proves it by going to holland to buy a cow...
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Brown cows are better for their meat. This man thinks its silly.
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THAT IS SO AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Wow, a language which is similar to ours! Long lost family! : )
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@guildwarsSNOW Yes our languages are all similar, In Nordfrash to go is: tu gunge, in Low-German is to go = to go
The Anlo-Saxons came from North-Germany, what' today Schleswig-Holstein called.They lived between the river Eider and the danish border of today.
Ik wal iinj brün kü kuupe- I will buy a brown cow.
wanlike gröötnise üt Nordfrashlönj
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@Nadhikku2 No culture is born in a vacuum so in order to talk about one culture you often have to talk about another. I'm Irish and my culture is largely Celtic/Gaelic--based but I wouldn't be able to talk about it as a whole without mentioning Vikings, Normans, English, Welsh, Scottish, French, Spanish and so forth. Likewise, the English culture is a mixture of different cultures including some Celtic and if you pop over to Wales or Scotland, you'll soon find a very much vibrant Celtic culture.
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Check out the history of English - you need to speak of the French culture and heritage as well, not just the Teutonic.
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Wow I did not even need the subtitles to understand the Frisian.
3 months ago 2
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@EngliscHerewulf IIRC Old English did have ān which became Modern English a/an so more properly it'd probably be, "Ic wille bycgan āne brune cu." [itʃ wilːə bydʒɑn ɑːnə brunə ku]
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now to sort our payment and delivery. hahaha
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Te grappich dit :D De reaksje fan die boer is sa typysk xD Ik haw hjir net folle brúne kij sjoen trouwens, die fan ús binne meastal swart/wyt ;)
Translated:
Too funny this :D The response of that farmer is so typical xD I haven't seen many brown cows here by the way, ours are mostly black and white ;)
Quite similar to modern English as well ehh? :)
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All hail the Indo-European family!
67576856666478964567 1 year ago 14
Does anyone know if he actually purchased the cow, and if so, does he still have it?
DragonSporks 1 year ago 7