When explaining the English language I generally say the common stuff is Germanic with some Norse, while the posh stuff is French, because of the Normans. Turns out there’s a movement to discard the Norman influence and establish a modern English as it might have evolved from Anglo-Saxon speech. As an intellectual game it seems a lot of fun (though I do have concerns about any attempts at “purity”).
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