Re: RE : [tied] Re: North of the Somme

Then can we blame loss of inflection on the Danes?
Maybe a certain Torsten Blaotanda?


--- "Brian M. Scott" <BMScott@...> wrote:

[snip]

>
> You might also bear in mind (1) that the loss of
> inflections
> had demonstrably begun before the Conquest and was a
> predictable consequence of various sound changes,
> and (2)
> that the OE inflectional system persisted longest in
> the
> south, where French influence was strongest.
>

[snip]



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