It was always my understanding that when after the Norman conquest,
the invaders tried to ignore the local Anglo-Saxon, but for some
reason the Anglo-Saxons wouldn't give up their lingo, even with its
Danish influences, and so much commingling took place, enough so it
might be said that English is a bastard tongue with no certain mother
and a illegitimate Norman duke for a father.
--Bob
On Apr 2, 2007, at 6:01 AM, Andrew Fildes wrote:
> And here was me thinking that it was simply a sophisticated overlay
> of Norman French over Old English (Anglo Saxon - Wessex dialect) with
> a bit of residual Norse, settling into Middle English
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