--- antonkucinski <jmcd@...> wrote:

> >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 Nors=
> e
> > (aside from it being rooted in German � the
> Anglo-Saxons). What perent o=
> f
> > the English language is rooted in Old Norse. If
> anyone know the answer t=
> o
> > this question, it may greatly aid and strengthen
> my defense!
>
> Hi. I've just recently joined, mostly out of desire
> for intellectual stimul=
> ation totally unrelated to my professional life and
> out of a long-standing f=
> ascination with the Germanic languages.
> Unfortunately, my formal training ha=
> s been limited to several years of German as an
> undergrad and a semester of =
> Old English in grad school (although I must say I
> was utterly shocked by how=
> much that one semester of OE helped me in Iceland)
> so I'm afraid I'm going =
> to reveal my ignorance here....
>
> It seems to me that in order to address your
> question one must draw a line =
> between between what is Old Norse and what is the
> 'German' of the same time =
> period. From what I've read, it would seem that
> there would be enough overla=
> p to make drawing that line rather difficult. Or
> have I totally missed the b=
> oat?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jim
>
>

hello, Jim. join the club. The extent of my Norse
knowledge was taking a course over the internet. my
only question to the whole deal is, how on earth could
you figure out the precentage of Norse, French, and
Latin of English, short of going through the
dictionary and categorizing each word....?

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