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I'm reading The Unfolding of Language: an evolutionary tour of mankind's greatest invention, by Guy Deutscher, and will be pulling gems from it to bore you with. Here's one. If you ever doubted that English a "Germanic" language, note this:
Swedish:. Giv. . oss . i. dag. .. vårt . dagliga. . bröd. Icelandic: Gef... oss . ì. dag. . vort. . daglegt .. brauð. Dutch: . . Geef. ons.. hedn. . . ons. . deglijk. .. brood. German:. Gib... uns.. heute . unser . tägliches. Brot. | ||
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<Asa Lovejoy> |
I worked for a Volvo dealership many years ago, when the spare parts packages were still written only in Swedish. I was surprised to see "Volvo service is god service" on the packages. Initially I thought it was in English, but a Swede assured that it was not. Except for just one "o" in "good," it's the same! | ||
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