There’s very little Celtic in modern English. Germanic, Latin, and French (which is derived from Latin) are the biggest contributors.
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seSvxR3ull7LHaEZFIjM@feddit.de 5 months agoTo be pedantic that’s not grammar but orthography (which in English is even weirder). English is just a mutant amalgamation of Germanic, Romance and Celtic languages and man, it shows.
samus12345@lemmy.world 5 months ago
puppy@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Don’t forget French.
Soup@lemmy.world 5 months ago
French is technically a romance language but it is very different from the others.
stoicmaverick@lemmy.world 5 months ago
What’s up with the +1 heart on this comment?
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Extra life
puppy@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Are you on Jerboa by any chance?
stoicmaverick@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Yeah. I’ve since figured it out. It’s just the net up verse down vote count. Actually somewhat useful for quick glancing.
snooggums@midwest.social 5 months ago
Mashing together all the languages into a Frankenstein form of communication is English grammar.
stoicmaverick@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Except for the reason why we have different words for ‘chicken’ while it’s alive, and ‘poultry’ after it’s been slaughtered.
HaveYouPaidYourDues@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Three languages in a trench coat