Zizzy@lemmy.blahaj.zone to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 23 days agoQuebecois scoff at the official french rulelemmy.blahaj.zoneimagemessage-square62linkfedilinkarrow-up1749arrow-down15
arrow-up1744arrow-down1imageQuebecois scoff at the official french rulelemmy.blahaj.zoneZizzy@lemmy.blahaj.zone to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 23 days agomessage-square62linkfedilink
minus-squareToastedRavioli@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·22 days agoEnglish is like 40% bastardized French so the stupidity of each must be in lockstep to some degree
minus-squareporous_grey_matter@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·22 days agoYes, but the very fact that it’s 40% French and 60% other random stuff is what makes it stupider.
minus-squarecantstopthesignal@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·22 days agoEnglish is French in a German trench coat.
minus-squareporous_grey_matter@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·22 days agoOther way around imo, the structure and the most common verbs are still Germanic, but the majority of vocab over a minimum level of complexity is from French
minus-squarevaultdweller013@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·22 days agoOr Latin, English lurks in alleyways alongside Japanese to steal people’s words.
English is like 40% bastardized French so the stupidity of each must be in lockstep to some degree
Yes, but the very fact that it’s 40% French and 60% other random stuff is what makes it stupider.
English is French in a German trench coat.
Other way around imo, the structure and the most common verbs are still Germanic, but the majority of vocab over a minimum level of complexity is from French
Or Latin, English lurks in alleyways alongside Japanese to steal people’s words.