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Aug 26 |
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Did German borrow any words from Old Prussian? I don't think your reasoning is sufficient. Wikipedia says Old Prussian wasn't fully extinct until the 19th century so it seems possible some localized words may have been retained just as has happened in many other languages around the world. |
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Aug 26 |
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Did German borrow any words from Old Prussian? I am talking about the Baltic language. What have I said that makes you think otherwise? Sorry for the confusion. |
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Aug 26 |
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Did German borrow any words from Old Prussian? call it Old Prussian instead of Prussian and try to explain why i didn't do it from the beginning |
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Aug 26 |
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Did German borrow any words from Old Prussian? Sorry @Sean Patrick Floyd: I did mean the Old Prussian language and added a link to make that clear and some comments asking if I should make it more explicit. I guess I should... |
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Aug 26 |
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Did German borrow any words from Old Prussian? Yes I did add the link - was that enough? |
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Aug 26 |
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Did German borrow any words from Old Prussian? I wasn't sure whether to call it Old Prussian since that sounded a bit technical. I see the smiley but if the question really could confuse people thinking I meant the modern dialect rather than the now extinct Baltic language. Let me know if I should change it or just go ahead and edit it (-: |
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Aug 26 |
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Aug 26 |
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Did German borrow any words from Old Prussian? link to wikipedia article on old prussian |
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Aug 26 |
asked | Did German borrow any words from Old Prussian? |
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Jul 29 |
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How to alphabetically sort a list of names? Yes many languages have specialized sorting rules for telephone books. In English Mc- and Mac- are often (possibly always) sorted together. |
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Jul 26 |
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Is it good style to use latin phrases? Personally I'm always surprised how much Latin I see in German writing considering my assumption that German had much less contact/influence from Latin and romance languages than English did. |
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Jul 24 |
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Where does/did word-formation in German language happen? Can you name some of these scientists and their fields? |
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Jul 16 |
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Why do many english philosophers speak german, can german philosophical texts be translated hardly? What do you mean by "translated hardly". We don't use the word "hardly" this way in English where it would normally come before a verb and means "barely" which doesn't seem to fit your question. Do you mean "translated literally" perhaps? |
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Jul 16 |
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Is Walliserdeutsch generally considered the hardest to understand German dialect? @Hendrik: Ah perhaps "cross" was a bad choice of words. There certainly is a dialect continuum between German and Dutch and Frisian but there isn't anything like a dialect continuum between English and Dutch or Frisian but I'm yet to do a linguistic tour of rural England or Netherlands to listen to the dialects and accents change. It would be fun though (-: |
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Jul 16 |
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Is Walliserdeutsch generally considered the hardest to understand German dialect? @Hendrik Vogt: I think Dutch developed before English so I can't see how it could be the product of English and German crossing. |
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Jul 16 |
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Is Walliserdeutsch generally considered the hardest to understand German dialect? @burbuja: If German and Swiss German are completely different then the difference between for instance German and Arabic must be completer (-: |
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Jun 27 |
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What does “Weichspülmusik” mean? @Joachim: Yes I think most people learn the generic sense of muzak before the learn it's a trademark as did I. Still it's worth warning people depending on what context they may wish to use it in English. |
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Jun 27 |
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Jun 27 |
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What does “Weichspülmusik” mean? Muzak is a trademark. Elevator music is the most common non-trademark term for this: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muzak_Holdings |
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