Re[2]: Euwww, English Again! :-)

[Victoria_Martin@fcw.com]

Muireann ni Riordain wrote:

>> Tibor wrote:
>> >
>> >  But we have welcomed vowels from elsewhere, and shall always
>> >  continue to do so!
>> >
>> >Clearly so.  I recall one Linguistics person mentioning that,
>> >technically, Welsh has more vowels than English.
>>
>> I was under the impression that sometime around the 5th century or so,
>> the Irish invaded Wales and made off with most of their vowels.
>>
>> In service,
>> Corun (who has plenty of vowels, thankyouverymuch)
>>
>
>Oh yes, my forebears went raiding and look what they came back with! All these
>lovely vowels-- you didn't need those, did you? I thought they were so nice, I
>put one of each in my name!


And then there are the French, who I swear must leave off the last syllable of 
every word.

An instructor once told me that the French language was invented when people 
from the north met people from the south and each was too embarrassed to admit 
that they didn't understand the other, therefore ended up saying "blah, blah, 
blah" to each other and ...*ta-DA*...French was created.

Josceline de Warenne <--but they do have pretty names!
victoria@fcw.com
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