[geeks] English language [was: power (was Mr. Bill)]

[Sandwich Maker]

" From: Phil Stracchino <alaric at metrocast.net>
" 
" Sandwich Maker wrote:
" > it always was since its birth.  saxon and danish in the first
" > millennium, french in 1066,
" 
" Well, Norman rather, which was rather far from modern French.  The
" Normans actually started out in the 10th century as expat Vikings.
" 
" (But then, the English of the time was rather far from modern English, too.)

yes they were normans - william of normandy was cousin to both harald
of denmark and harold of england - but they spoke the french of the
day, which was as you say rather far from modern or even renaissance
french.
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