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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ownedbybear, post: 3402589, member: 29&quot;]I&#039;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&#039;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&#039;Oc versus Langue d&#039;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>

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