Earlier in the speech Churchill used the same rhetorical device of in a positive sentence full of words with french/latin roots: A miracle of deliverance, achi

Earlier in the speech Churchill used the same rhetorical device of in a positive sentence full of words with french/latin roots: A miracle of deliverance, achieved by valor, by perseverance, by perfect discipline, by faultless service, by resource, by skill, by unconquerable fidelity, is manifest to us all. https://winstonchurchill.org/resources/speeches/1940-the-finest-hour/we-shall-fight-on-the-beaches/ https://winstonchurchill.org/resources/speeches/1940-the-fin... (That form of repetition seems to be called anaphora, I just learned.) It’s interesting that people often comment on the Anglo-Saxon/Germanic roots of that famous phrase – but nobody finds it weird to use Germanic words in a (defensive) war against Germany and eschewing French words in support of France in this war. The explanation seems to be the specific English context: there the connotation of Anglo-Saxon as the language of the people seems to override any germanic associations.