[BillyBoy]

The German language is much closer to the English language in structure and origins, so he's going to have a bit of problem trying to get everyone to embrace the whiny French mumbo-jumbo as a substitute. Go back in time about 1500 years, and German-English was essentially the same language anyway.

And it's easy for any English speaker to convert stuff into German. Just add "ch" alot, replace every "s" with a "z" and "o" with "u", then smoosh all your words together:

Thiz ist an guudechample uf hou verieazyundsimple iz ist tu spechen everizinglewurde into Deuctch. LOL.

[jae471]

The name "Old English", used to refer to the language of England prior to the Norman invasion of 1066, is an ultra-modern creation. In the past the language of Beowulf was not called "Old English", but Saxon.

Places such as Essex, Wessex, and Sussex all share this root. Essex = East Saxony, Wessex = West Saxony, and Sussex = South Saxony.

[lizbet]

Love that! Thanks for the laugh of the day!