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________________________________________ From: Padraic Brown Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2007 12:41 AM --- Jacques Dehée <jacquesdehe@hidden.email> wrote: > I dare say: no, it still retains it's Germanic > structures ?There's no danger in saying English is a Germanic language. It shares all the basic grammatical features one might expect of the family (the past/non-past verbal distinction; ablaut (strong) & dental (weak) verb distinction; much common lexis and at least some of the Germanic sound shifts.? I?d say English went through all the Germanic sound shifts, wouldn?t you? ?We are the Borg. You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile: We have analyzed your defensive capabilities as being unable to withstand us. If you defend yourselves, you will be punished with inane Americanisms. Teach us your slang and surrender your lexicons. We will add your philological and semantic distinctiveness to our own. Your languages will be adapted to service us. > Thanks ! Regards, Jacques Cheers, Padraic? Funny! We are Hugh! [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]