Richard Gooch <rgooch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Yann Droneaud writes:
>
> > > Grrr, "programme" is *correct* spelling. This is just annoying. Before
> > > attempting to correct my spelling, check with the OED (Oxford English
> > > Dictionary).
> >
> > Sorry, i didn't know that correct spelling is 'programme', this
> > sound too much like the french word. This is why i 'corrected' them.
>
> Hey, half of English is French anyway (remember the Normans?). Which
> is why I always get a chuckle when I hear about French language laws
> which are designed to keep English out (i.e. keep out half of
> French:-).
Right. And the other half of English comes from Latin ;-) Which leads
some linguists to say that English is the most latin of anglosaxon
languages and French the most anglosaxon of latin languages.
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