A group of my fellow students interested in language and I often sit around
and discuss language. Together, we speak Arabic, French, Spanish, Russian,
German, Japanese, and so on. Basically as a group, at least one of us can
speak any language you throw at us. We each have our own language
interests. I represent Old Norse amongst others. An "argument" that we had
one day, in which I was defending Old Norse against a young French scholar
and a young Latin scholar, an interesting question was raised that I could
not answer. I would like to know how much of English is from Old Norse.
That was the argument: whether English is more Latin, French, or Old Norse
(aside from it being rooted in German � the Anglo-Saxons). What perent of
the English language is rooted in Old Norse. If anyone know the answer to
this question, it may greatly aid and strengthen my defense!
Thank you,
William Calhoun

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