Oh, my God.....I don't know what "Wibble" means. Will I ever and do I want
to? /jnm
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> [mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Chris Barker
> Sent: Friday, March 30, 2001 11:46 AM
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> Subject: Re: Language, Really OT (was [OM] Cricket Match)
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> >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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