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Does English sound like other Germanic languages?
"German just sounds sharper, and more crisp: biting even."
Oh dear, German seems to have an image problem. Too many WW II movies, I suppose ...*g*
Imo, German and English can sound quite similar, if you just hear people talking from a distance, and don't understand what they are saying.
Oh dear, German seems to have an image problem. Too many WW II movies, I suppose ...*g*
Imo, German and English can sound quite similar, if you just hear people talking from a distance, and don't understand what they are saying.
Yes, it's interesting to notice that some people here focus on the differences between English and German, but overlook their similiarties.
Of course, overall English is more similar to Dutch, but English and German also share similar features which Dutch lacks.
Of course, overall English is more similar to Dutch, but English and German also share similar features which Dutch lacks.
"Of course, overall English is more similar to Dutch, but English and German also share similar features which Dutch lacks."
Yes, I agree. Dutch is closer to both German and English than they are to each other, but it's more like a triangle or circle rather than a straight line with Dutch in the middle.
Yes, I agree. Dutch is closer to both German and English than they are to each other, but it's more like a triangle or circle rather than a straight line with Dutch in the middle.
<<Yes, I agree. Dutch is closer to both German and English than they are to each other, but it's more like a triangle or circle rather than a straight line with Dutch in the middle. >>
Agreed. A straight line would be English-Frisian/Plattduutsch-Hoch Deutsch with Dutch coming off of Frisian/Platt
Agreed. A straight line would be English-Frisian/Plattduutsch-Hoch Deutsch with Dutch coming off of Frisian/Platt
Of the West Germanic languages, here is how I would approximately order their overall distances and interrelationships:
English, Scots
Frisian languages
Low Saxon, East Low German
Dutch
Central German (including Standard German), Limburgish
Alemannic, Austro-Bavarian
English, Scots
Frisian languages
Low Saxon, East Low German
Dutch
Central German (including Standard German), Limburgish
Alemannic, Austro-Bavarian
"English, Scots
Frisian languages
Low Saxon, East Low German
Dutch
Central German (including Standard German), Limburgish
Alemannic, Austro-Bavarian"
I'd place Low Saxon and East Low German between Central German and Dutch. Otherwise, I agree.
Frisian languages
Low Saxon, East Low German
Dutch
Central German (including Standard German), Limburgish
Alemannic, Austro-Bavarian"
I'd place Low Saxon and East Low German between Central German and Dutch. Otherwise, I agree.
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I think does English sounds Germanic is a loaded question. Calling the group of languages Germanic( a latin name is confusing.) That's like calling the romance langues the Frankish tongues. I think a far better name is called them the Thoric family. Why because of þ (represents the th sound in the) is the root of the whole family. 1000 years ago all germanic people if they could read used þe þ character daily if pretty much every sentence. So to the point I guess, this that then there these those them (þis þat þen þere þese þose þem) are words that mark our heritage. German/ dutch and nordic langues all used these sounds in the past. However as can me found with ebonic americans, th gets rolled in d or t, so you get more of a da car in german and ta car in swedish.
The origins of the germanic tongues does not sound remoetly like German, when you think of the family think of it more like the Elvish you hear in lord of the rings. more of a same songish sound to it.
say
it is this and that.
Notice how the words are almost percussive like a drum, soon as you make the sound your throat mutes it.
like a toot toot sounds
this is something that's only really found in Germanic languges aswell
The origins of the germanic tongues does not sound remoetly like German, when you think of the family think of it more like the Elvish you hear in lord of the rings. more of a same songish sound to it.
say
it is this and that.
Notice how the words are almost percussive like a drum, soon as you make the sound your throat mutes it.
like a toot toot sounds
this is something that's only really found in Germanic languges aswell
think a far better name is called them the Thoric family. W
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Why not call them the Teutonic languages, if you want an already accepted alternative to "Germanic"?
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Why not call them the Teutonic languages, if you want an already accepted alternative to "Germanic"?
Teuton Thu Jul 23, 2009 6:50 pm GMT
think a far better name is called them the Thoric family. W
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Why not call them the Teutonic languages, if you want an already accepted alternative to "Germanic"?
That's very good to know thanks.
think a far better name is called them the Thoric family. W
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Why not call them the Teutonic languages, if you want an already accepted alternative to "Germanic"?
That's very good to know thanks.
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Also, I am also perhaps a bad judge of English, since I am a native speaker. But I don't see why it wouldn't sound like other Germanic languages. The language's phonology is more or less of whole Germanic origin, lexicon notwithstanding. For those who have said it doesn't sound like other Germanic languages, why is that? What feature do you feel sets it apart?
Also, I am also perhaps a bad judge of English, since I am a native speaker. But I don't see why it wouldn't sound like other Germanic languages. The language's phonology is more or less of whole Germanic origin, lexicon notwithstanding. For those who have said it doesn't sound like other Germanic languages, why is that? What feature do you feel sets it apart?