All right, hold on tight. Old English IS Anglo Saxon - usually Wessex
dialect because that was the dominant form. It is very similar to Middle
High German I believe and incomprehensible to us now. I had to learn some
Andrew F is right...
unfortunately (because I opened my mouth/email and said it wasn't!).
I have a book by H C Wyld "A Short History of English" which I have
only just gone and checked; if only I had opened it at Chapter II
where it says: "ENGLISH was introduced into these islands in the
fifth century by Germanic (aaargh, jnm was right as well!) tribes who
came, in the first instance, under colour (see he got the spelling
right :-)) of helping Vortigern, the British king, against the Picts.
... the Jutes, who were the first comers, sent for their kinsmen,
who, coming in large numbers, murdered and pillaged their way ..."
Sorry James, for doubting your clearly superior knowledge. Thanks
Andrew (b**tard :-)) for confirming that OE is in fact German.
I am going to do what I do best now, sitting in a corner with
knitting needles up each nostril saying "Wibble".
Chris
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