Du bist ja ein schlauer Kerl, Mud.
I would appreciate it if you didn't spew that gutteral hate language in this thread of peace and hope
He merely said I was a smart man. Nothing hateful there.
It is a gutteral hate language. He could have said I love to smell flowers...it still horrifies people throughout the world.
Actually English is derived from Germanic languages I believe.
English is primarily a West Germanic language that originated from the Anglo-Frisian dialects, brought to Britain by Germanic invaders and/or settlers from the places which are now called North West Germany and the Netherlands. It uses a vocabulary unlike other European languages of the same era. A large portion of the modern English vocabulary came from the Anglo-Norman languages. English is considered a "borrowing" language.
Middle English differed from Old English because of two invasions which occurred during the Middle Ages. The first invasion was by people who spoke North Germanic languages. They conquered and colonised parts of Britain during the 8th and 9th centuries AD. The second invasion was by the Normans of the 11th century, who spoke Old Norman and eventually developed an English form of this, called Anglo-Norman. A new vocabulary introduced at this time heavily influenced many organizations including the church, the court system and the government. European languages including German, Dutch, Latin and Ancient Greek influenced the English vocabulary during the Renaissance.
History of the English language - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia