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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kentworld, post: 6036417, member: 35&quot;]&quot;French btw, was originally a Germanic language, but it has morphed into a Romance language. (Don&#039;t tell the French!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie66" alt=":nailbiting:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)&quot;</p><p>Too funny!&nbsp; I find the history of languages interesting (having studied Eng Lit and French at university).&nbsp; And thanks to DNA we can see how we are more related and similar than we previously thought!&nbsp; My husband and I had our DNA tested through Ancestry.&nbsp; No big surprises, but my husband seems to have some Welsh in his genetic make-up while the family always averred that there were no Welsh connections.&nbsp; Apparently, 1% of my genetic make-up is Portuguese and that makes me wonder where that little bit came from!&nbsp; How accurate any of this is, who knows.&nbsp; The reason that English is as successful a language as it is, is that the English were great explorers (or exploiters depending on your point of view!) and that English is a bit of a loose language -- it&#039;s quite happy to add words from other languages into general usage. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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