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From: halle@hou2b.UUCP (J.HALLE)
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Subject: Re: Easy languages (number of vowels: English vs. Esperanto)
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Date: Wed, 12-Feb-86 08:18:41 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb 12 08:18:41 1986
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Most European languages are derived from English?  What pipe are you smoking?

English may have infiltrated in Europe, but it is really more the other way
around.  Spoken English is primarily of Germanic origin, and the Germanic
languages in Europe are older.  English also has roots in the Romance
languages, but these occurred after 1066.  And much of Europe speaks languages
that are of yet other origins.  In fact, the only European country that speaks
a language that can even remotely be said to have been derived from English
is Great Brittain.