2006-09-21 15:00:45 · 13 answers · asked by D 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
But they all mean "I surrender".
2006-09-21 15:02:38 · answer #1 · answered by newt_peabody 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Read the Bible ! It clearly explains why we have so many different languages. " The Tower Of Babel " is the reason why, this is where we get our saying, " stop babelling." God confused the men of Babylon by making it so no one could understand the other by making everyone speak a different language, pretty cool huh? Read in the Bible: Genesis 11:1-9 It will explain everything. God Bless.
2006-09-21 22:21:24 · answer #2 · answered by Spiritled 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
coz is a very rich language!
but every language is almost the same ( at list for the languages i speak)
english too has different words for the same thing!
english is also a latin-normand language as french is (and not a germanic as a stupid here above is saying) if you know, is told that "english is french but spelled wrongly" at list this is sayed in europe, i don't know in US!
2006-09-21 22:19:48 · answer #3 · answered by altin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its called French. And some of the greatest warriors of all time were Gauls (Old word for French).
2006-09-21 22:03:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Because it is a Latin-based Romantic Language. English is Germanic.
2006-09-21 22:08:20 · answer #5 · answered by YahooAnswers 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In order to make your life in French class miserable.
2006-09-21 22:03:57 · answer #6 · answered by Joe 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try bablefish .com you can trans late english to french and french to english thay may have simmular words but diffrent ways of saying the same thing
2006-09-21 22:56:14 · answer #7 · answered by dark star 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because it is a language that does not decend from Germanic peoples. Why do chinse have different words for everything? BECAUSE IT IS A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE!
2006-09-21 22:05:06 · answer #8 · answered by GhandiDahandi 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because they are French. Wait, not all their words are different! Ever heard of 'chef', 'cuisine', 'deja vu', 'montage', etc?? We use them too.
Lesson over.
2006-09-21 23:43:03 · answer #9 · answered by tiko 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know! Isn't it weird? I mean just because they are on a different continent and speak a different language, why do they get to name stuff whatever they want?
The nerve!
2006-09-21 22:04:29 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
yeah, its definately because they speak a different language. Surprisingly, English wasn't the first language ever spoken.
2006-09-21 22:09:18 · answer #11 · answered by christy 6 · 4⤊ 1⤋