Actually part of modern English is French in origin if you think about it. The Saxons lost their kingdom to the Normans in 1066 and the Normans came from what is now France. In fact modern English is a mixture of different languages and cultures. Angles, Saxons, Normans, Romans, Vikings etc. and it comes from the same language branch as German I believe. Even the name England is a corruption of very old language. England = Angle land or land of the Angles. They had a small portion of land that they claimed as theirs a long, long time ago.
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Originally Posted by DixieGal
I don't know if it is a fad or whatever, but it is bothering the stew out of me. Is it French? But it is a valid word on my Scramble 2 word find app.
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