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English too, is a mix of foreign languages. Only dead languages don't evolve. Italian is a descendant of the Latin language, which itself borrowed extensively
by flexie 4y ago
English too, is a mix of foreign languages. Only dead languages don't evolve.
Italian is a descendant of the Latin language, which itself borrowed extensively from Greek. What is so special about today's Italian language that it should by all means be preserved in it's current form without continuing to borrow from foreign languages?
European languages borrow from English because the US offers so much that we voluntarily adopt in Europe. If most good movies, music, streaming services, computer hardware, computer software, Internet, electric cars, smartphones, AI, business ideas etc. were Italian, the English language would adopt more Italian words.
- makingstuffs 4y agoThe weirdest thing about this sensationalist proposal is that English was born out of Latin and there are a number of English words which are a letter removed from their Italian counterpart. The example in the article (bru-shetta/bru-sketta) highlights the absurd pedantic nature of this proposal. I truly weep for the world which we seem to have created.
- TRiG_Ireland 4y agoEnglish has some heavy Romance influences, but was certainly not "born out of Latin". English is a Germanic language at its core.