> For example, if England had been conquered by true French speakers, the words "war" and "cat" would have been something like "guar" and "chat" instead. Even

> For example, if England had been conquered by true French speakers, the words "war" and "cat" would have been something like "guar" and "chat" instead. Even today there are dialects in France where people say "cat" (with a silent t) instead of "chat", and nobody would call them "not French", or not French-speaking, for that.