Comments on: Still here! (And a bit about “Old English”) http://languagegeek.net/2007/10/18/still-here-and-a-bit-about-old-english/ Just blogging about my language geekery. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:40:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Josh http://languagegeek.net/2007/10/18/still-here-and-a-bit-about-old-english/#comment-7027 Josh Thu, 01 Nov 2007 00:56:49 +0000 http://languagegeek.net/2007/10/18/still-here-and-a-bit-about-old-english/#comment-7027 Yeah, a lot of that does look familiar. I've not looked a great deal at modern Dutch, but from what I have seen, it looks (to my eyes, of course) like someone took German, and shuffled the letters around a bit. It's pretty cool how much of written Dutch I can understand, considering I've never looked at a single lesson on the language. :) Yeah, a lot of that does look familiar. I’ve not looked a great deal at modern Dutch, but from what I have seen, it looks (to my eyes, of course) like someone took German, and shuffled the letters around a bit. It’s pretty cool how much of written Dutch I can understand, considering I’ve never looked at a single lesson on the language. :)

]]> By: Nils http://languagegeek.net/2007/10/18/still-here-and-a-bit-about-old-english/#comment-5164 Nils Fri, 19 Oct 2007 18:20:42 +0000 http://languagegeek.net/2007/10/18/still-here-and-a-bit-about-old-english/#comment-5164 Heh, yeah it's the same here; with (Old) English (perhaps to be expected) as well as with Middle Dutch and the various variations of Old Dutch - which is often some form of Old West Low Franconian ;-) A nice example of this, btw, are the (beatiful) <a href="http://www.ned.univie.ac.at/publicaties/taalgeschiedenis/en/anltexte.htm" rel="nofollow">Wachtendonck Psalms</a> Head for the bit that starts <em>Forchta in biuonga quamon ouer mi</em>. With English and German, I'm sure a lot will look familiar. There's no Es appended, though :-) Heh, yeah it’s the same here; with (Old) English (perhaps to be expected) as well as with Middle Dutch and the various variations of Old Dutch - which is often some form of Old West Low Franconian ;-)

A nice example of this, btw, are the (beatiful) Wachtendonck Psalms

Head for the bit that starts Forchta in biuonga quamon ouer mi. With English and German, I’m sure a lot will look familiar.

There’s no Es appended, though :-)

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