Sunday, April 21, 2024

is English just a form of French?

In recent news, a French scholar declared that English is merely badly pronounced French. But is the reality really that simple? Despite the numerous Latinate words, English is usually classified as a Germanic language. The following video takes a reasonable stance on the issue:





1 comment:

Neil said...

Pretty sure the Chinese invented English, like they did kimchi and football.
Anyway French these days is just English words with Le stuck in front.
https://www.fluentu.com/blog/french/english-words-used-in-french/