Re: [tied] Was proto-romance a pidgin?

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 21290
Date: 2003-04-27

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From: "Miguel Carrasquer" <mcv@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2003 1:47 PM
Subject: Re: [tied] Was proto-romance a pidgin?

> The rules for Romanian are I'd say an
> order of magnitude less complex than the rules we need to derive
> Modern French from Vulgar Latin.

... or even the rules needed to derive any modern variety of English from Old English.

Piotr