Is English basically a germanic language that turned romance by accident?
>>61337575
Brits raped by Romans raped by Saxons raped by Angles raped by French raped by Danes
LOL
It's one of the reasons it's the worldwide lingua franca - it assimilates other words easily. Ignoring the unprecedented might of the Anglo and the former British Empire, having Latin, Greek, French, German and Danish roots for many words is extremely helpful.
>>61337656
Poles raped by Russians raped by themselves raped by the hole they dug themselves
LOL
>>61337575
>English
>Romance
>>61340089
Ignoring where almost 60% of our vocabulary came from...
>>61341512
I really wish there was something like this done for Slovene and its dialects.
>>61341512
That's not the sole determining factor whether or not a language is germanic or romance. Linguists disagree with you. English is germanic.
grammar-wise it's Germanic as fuck, currently undergoes the same processes Nordic Germanics underwent in the past
also phonology-wise it's just retarded Frisian and nobody dares to argue whether Frisian is Germanic
>>61342076
>currently undergoes the same processes Nordic Germanics underwent in the past
Care to elaborate?
>>61341990
>>61342076
I'm not arguing it's not Germanic. However, we tend to have an easier time learning Romance languages than Germanic ones, this is coming from someone who's studied both German and European Portuguese. It's just that we're in a different contiuum than most of the Germanic languages, in my opinion.
>>61341512
>4% of the english language is derived from proper names
are you sure about this graph
>>61342566
>all Germanic languages are like German
http://www.pagef30.com/2008/08/why-norwegian-is-easiest-language-for.html
>>61342566
To my knowledge Scandinavian languages are extremely simple for English speakers to pick up.
>>61342566
>we tend to have an easier time learning Romance languages
kek, no you don't, we're just kind enough to pretend you're not speaking them like retards.
>>61343024
Most high schools here teach Spanish, French, and German. Spanish is known for being the easiest one and German is known for being the hardest one.
>>61337575
English is a Germanic language that liked the word "pizza".
English is terrible.
>>61337575
>>61343093
>German is all the Germanic languages
>implying it's easy to learn a language without immediate links
Of course the other two are going to be easier when your neighbors north and south speak both. And yet there's sounds anglos literally can't pronounce in both.
>>61344376
Like we don't have a hard time with the guttural R in German.
>>61344510
It's so easy, I don't get why americlaps find it so difficult
>>61344510
French has the guttural R too
>>61341512
Do you realize that a large part of this 60% are words like "saxicolous" and "concupiscent"?
