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ShockTech

Buddha 3

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Believe it or not, German is derived from Dutch. So there are a lot of similarities, but they're not close enough for people to understand eachother without problems. However, if someone has bit of linguistic feeling, then it ain't that hard. Dutch and South African are verysimilar, by the way.
 

Inferno

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Originally posted by Buddha 3
Believe it or not, German is derived from Dutch. So there are a lot of similarities, but they're not close enough for people to understand eachother without problems. However, if someone has bit of linguistic feeling, then it ain't that hard. Dutch and South African are verysimilar, by the way.
Sounds like something for the "Did you know?" thread
 

Micah

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Did you Know that English and German are both derived from the same root ... just a little farther off than Duch and German ... by me best estimation, it started the same way that American english and Englandish (there I go using that woud again ...) English are so different ... it's getthing hard to understand you blokes ... :D
Just thought I'd add a little more radnomness into your day ...
-Micah
 

Buddha 3

Hamfist McPunchalot
Actually, English (or Anglo-Saxon) is a sort of a *******ised version of a few Germanic languages. It's a long story, but suffice to say that the Anglo (not sure what they were called in English) and the Saxon people came to Britain, and decided to stay. Slowly their languages got the upper hand, and over the course of manymanymanymany years it's developed into what it's now. The language that was originally spoken in Britain (Celtic) is now only spoken (in different forms) in some 'remote' corners of the UK, such as Wales. The Anglo and Saxon people originally hailed from the region where Germany and Denmark connect. And at that time they spoke Germanic tongues in that region, which were originally 'created' in Holland. So you all speak Dutch from now on, and I'll let it slide........:D

By the way, there is also (sorry to say this fellas) a lot of French in the English language. Which was caused by the Breton and Norman influences in the southern regions of the UK.

And here endeth the lesson.