Eldraus Vanchar, did anyone notice---

[sanchez]

A quote from a professor of English language history on the Middle English (ME) time period:

Culturally, the Norman occupation resulted in a feudal society with French spoken at the top and English spoken at the bottom. Widespread borrowing and bilingualism eventually led to the collapse of the inflectional system. While some inflectional machinery certainly existed in ME, by the 1200s English largely relied on syntax. Vowel length remains phonemic, but the loss of word final inflections begins to shorten vowels across the board. The London dialect becomes the basis for standardization. This is by far the period of greatest change in the history of English.

Yeah, so English basically developed as a Creole between Norman French and Anglo-Saxon (germanic). With borrowings from all over.... I don't think it's a problem using words, or certainly names, from other languages.

But literary quotations... that's not the same.

[the_antisocial_hermit]

A quote from a professor of English language history on the Middle English (ME) time period:

Culturally, the Norman occupation resulted in a feudal society with French spoken at the top and English spoken at the bottom. Widespread borrowing and bilingualism eventually led to the collapse of the inflectional system. While some inflectional machinery certainly existed in ME, by the 1200s English largely relied on syntax. Vowel length remains phonemic, but the loss of word final inflections begins to shorten vowels across the board. The London dialect becomes the basis for standardization. This is by far the period of greatest change in the history of English.

Yeah, so English basically developed as a Creole between Norman French and Anglo-Saxon (germanic). With borrowings from all over.... I don't think it's a problem using words, or certainly names, from other languages.

But literary quotations... that's not the same.

Exactly.

[Frits]

No, didn't notice you were quoting, i thought you'd been thieving from the day you arrived, you made an impression and then died without reason.

[N-Aldwitch]

A quote from a professor of English language history on the Middle English (ME) time period:

Culturally, the Norman occupation resulted in a feudal society with French spoken at the top and English spoken at the bottom. Widespread borrowing and bilingualism eventually led to the collapse of the inflectional system. While some inflectional machinery certainly existed in ME, by the 1200s English largely relied on syntax. Vowel length remains phonemic, but the loss of word final inflections begins to shorten vowels across the board. The London dialect becomes the basis for standardization. This is by far the period of greatest change in the history of English.

Yeah, so English basically developed as a Creole between Norman French and Anglo-Saxon (germanic). With borrowings from all over.... I don't think it's a problem using words, or certainly names, from other languages.

But literary quotations... that's not the same.

What about Latin? I wouldn't know, so I'm probably wrong, but was Latin also part of the language mashup we call English?

[Cdls]

I get almost all of my first names from books and then stick random second names on them. I figure if it sounds good when I read it in a book it should sound good when others read it in cantr

EDIT: Oh, and Gesundheit is German but is now in the English Dictionary so it counts as an english word too

*nods* Yep.. seems German is creeping into the English language but this isn't the only word that is used in English eg Kindergarden (Kindergarten in German) is another example:
http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/gesundheit

Well, its kind of easy for the german language to cross over because there are a lot of words that sound similar in english which mean the same thing.

[Piscator]

Hah. You really should see the English influence onto German language on the contrary. It's completely impossible to watch a commercial without hearing at least one English expression.