I think that is the book. Now my curiosity is piqued and I'll go nuts until
I find my copy. I really should be using all my wonderful Olympus stuff to
make pictures instead.....or working on the taxes....yuk.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Clint Spesert
> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 8:33 PM
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Language, Really OT (was [OM] Cricket Match)
>
>
> I believe the book you are speaking of is "The Story of English" by Robt.
> McCrum, Wm. Cran & Robt. Mac Neil.
>
> As the book states, "The English language arrived in Britain on
> the point of
> a sword." The Angles, Saxons, and Jutes sailed the North sea from Denmark
> and Saxony to Britain in the year 449 AD, and pretty much wiped out the
> Celts. The conquest so complete, that "Old English" (the language
> attributed
> to the Anglo-Saxons) contains barely a dozen Celtic words.
>
> The book is a truly fascinating work.
>
> American English is truly a language of its own. Everyone who speaks
> English can understand the American pronunciation due to the influence of
> the global US presence in the broadcast media.
>
> Just my .02 worth,
> Clint Spesert
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "James N. McBride" <jnmcbr@xxxxxxx>
> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 6:45 PM
> Subject: RE: Language, Really OT (was [OM] Cricket Match)
>
>
> > Someplace, I know not where, I have a book on the history of the English
> > language and it mentions that the earliest known derivative of the
> > Anglo-Saxon language was from a group of people that had been banished
> from
> > Germany and settled in England. That is all I remember about
> it. I'll find
> > the reference and let you know more precisely what it said if you're
> > interested. Of course, English has been influenced by many language
> sources.
> > Only the US version is truly "pure." <g>
> >
> > /jnm
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