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Originally Posted by j.p.s
I know the topic has long since drifted from this, but the way I heard it had nothing to do with etymology or anything else objective about the two languages. It was more that after the norman conquest the nobles all spoke French, so that made French derived words, uh, nobler than Anglo Saxon derived words.
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So wait...we're talking about the history of words and not the study of insects (or ambulatory sentient trees)?!?!?! I hate spelling.....
That certainly sounds plausible - thanks!