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You're right. I actually said "German" because the word is simpler and it makes for a more sonorous title. But I've also met super-important linguists who in co
by KennethMyers 15y ago
You're right. I actually said "German" because the word is simpler and it makes for a more sonorous title. But I've also met super-important linguists who in conversation call old Englishes "German" and the Norman language "French".
- petercooper 15y agoCool. I hadn't noticed that but I can imagine it happening for simplicity's sake, especially among people who "know"! BTW, I definitely wasn't trying to imply you didn't understand the background since you seemed to know what you were talking about but it bristles me to think other people with no linguistic background could be reading "German" and thinking.. ooh, German! Maybe that's just the personality disorder talking though ;-)
- angus77 15y agoI've definitely heard of the language of the Normans referred to as French or Norman French, but I have yet to come across anyone calling Anglo-Saxon German.