2006-09-04 16:02:16 · 7 answers · asked by charles k 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
God
2006-09-04 19:06:22 · answer #1 · answered by jackpack 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no answer to that question.
At one time Germans and their cousins in England spoke the same language, but different dialects after time caused them to diverge. It became increasingly difficult for one to speak to the other, but you can't pinpoint a moment in history when they became two separate tongues, because it was a gradual continuum.
Anglo-Saxons began adding French to their language after the Norman Invasion in 1066, so now English is 2/3 German and 1/3 French -- which is why we have a lot of words in common with both. British English and American English have been diverging so rapidly that they will be two separate languages in less than two centuries. Languages don't converge -- they diverge.
2006-09-04 23:33:36 · answer #2 · answered by AardVark 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nimrod's British counsin.
Josephus says:
The place wherein they built the tower is now called Babylon, because of the confusion of that language which they readily understood before; for the Hebrews mean by the word Babel, confusion…
2006-09-04 23:04:23 · answer #3 · answered by Mr. Bernstein 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure it's plane as the noise on your face an Irishman half Viking.
2006-09-04 23:06:27 · answer #4 · answered by Mister2-15-2 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
early, middle or modern English? Please be more direct.
Language is a constant evolving form. Accents, phrase and words are always changing.
2006-09-04 23:03:57 · answer #5 · answered by Eldude 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm pretty sure it was my neighbor Bob.
2006-09-04 23:03:33 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
God.
2006-09-04 23:03:55 · answer #7 · answered by yahoohoo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋