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#96642 - 11/08/09 10:08 AM
Re: Is life easier when you are out of school?
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So, we were always told in school that these words were all Latin derivatives and then the languages separated off of that and Latin slowly died. I take it this is a myth?
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#96647 - 11/08/09 09:30 PM
Re: Is life easier when you are out of school?
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The four you mention are all derived almost completely from Latin, for which our alphabet was designed, so the alphabet 'fits' those languages very well and they have few spelling anomalies and few sufferers from dyslexia.
There are a few words in French that derive from German (bleu), not Latin (azure).
The Latin alphabet was force-fit to German, from which English is largely derived. German includes several modified Latin letters (umlauts) to better represent German vowel sounds, but English does not, because the English partially latinized their language after the Norman invasion.
Almost all European and South Asian languages ultimately derive from a single root called Indo-European. I believe Finnish, Basque, and Hungarian are exceptions. I have heard that Sanskrit is the oldest member of this family of which we have extensive examples.
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#96649 - 11/08/09 11:29 PM
Re: Is life easier when you are out of school?
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Ghenghis Khan was a tiny dude. I was lucky enough to happen by the British Museum in Victoria, B.C. when I was there, for the Ghenghis Khan exhibit on loan from China, and one of the displays was a golden saddle of his on a little fake horsie.
Think carousel horse.
Really, really small guy.
An afternoon excellently spent!
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#96652 - 11/09/09 09:58 AM
Re: Is life easier when you are out of school?
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Ok class, we are going to have a surprise pop quiz on everything we have learned here recently. please get your #2 pencil sharpened and break out some paper. I hope you have studied up on all of these lessons.
oh by the way, it is ALL in essay form, spelling and grammar are vital. 20 questions and 40 minutes to do it; good luck and you may begin. LOL
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