Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Stoney Breyer" <stoneyb AT touchwoodcreative.com>]

Karl:

 

You write:

Modern English is a creole, a mixture of Old English and medieval French, 
with a massive dollop of Latin with other languages mixed into the mess. Only 
a fairly small percentage of modern English is from Old English, mainly words 
that are in the most common spoken use.

 

I reply:

So what? The “native” name was replaced by a foreign name; it doesn’t really 
matter whether the new name derived from the clergy or the Conqueror, in 
either case it exemplifies what Randall suggested.

 

You write:

German is a better example, why I used the word “tend” instead of saying 
“never”. Even there, does this represent a change over from a lunar month 
system to a solar one?

 

I reply:

Nobody knows. But if it does, again, so what? Is the change a grassroots 
movement?

 

Stoney Breyer

Writer/Touchwood Creative