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<p>[QUOTE="Ownedbybear, post: 3402589, member: 29"]I'd missed the bit about my Huguenot ancestors speaking German. (!) </p><p><br /></p><p>As to weird dialects, Cajun and Appalachian can be fairly impenetrable, as can the Amish and other variants. The fascination of language. </p><p><br /></p><p>Reading your quoted passage, aj, I'm understanding more of it from the words which resemble Old English than the ones which faintly resemble German. I did a bit of Old Engish years ago, the linkages are fascinating. </p><p><br /></p><p>Shall we talk Langue d'Oc versus Langue d'Or and the roots of Catalan now? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ownedbybear, post: 3402589, member: 29"]I'd missed the bit about my Huguenot ancestors speaking German. (!) As to weird dialects, Cajun and Appalachian can be fairly impenetrable, as can the Amish and other variants. The fascination of language. Reading your quoted passage, aj, I'm understanding more of it from the words which resemble Old English than the ones which faintly resemble German. I did a bit of Old Engish years ago, the linkages are fascinating. Shall we talk Langue d'Oc versus Langue d'Or and the roots of Catalan now? ;)[/QUOTE]
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