Now I’m no scholar, but categorising English as part of the Celtic-branch is just ridoinkulous to me. Like-- that might have been true since before the Roman conquest, but Modern English is easily a West-Germanic branch, overlaid with Norman French, starting in 1066.
German and Dutch are very close languages, but in complete different places in this tree.
So maybe we could use a better platform for understanding? (hence my original point?)
(Modern German and Dutch are both from the West-Germanic tree, last I checked)
specific graphems
Okay, fine, granted-- but how does that actually help anyone in this day & age learn about these languages?
AS IN– dude, we don’t need to carry a master’s degree in order to understand how English formed out of Anglo-Saxon, with Norman French overlaid on top, now do we?
I still don’t think you understand the point of the graphic. It’s called “What European language am I reading?”, not “how are these European languages related?”
but how does that actually help anyone in this day & age learn about these languages?
As people said in another comment, it can be useful in identifying languages in settings like Geoguessr.
Silly goose.
I appreciate the work you do on your European graphical novel community, and on Reddit to promote Lemmy, so I wasn’t expecting this kind of personal attack.
Seriously.
Now I’m no scholar, but categorising English as part of the Celtic-branch is just ridoinkulous to me. Like-- that might have been true since before the Roman conquest, but Modern English is easily a West-Germanic branch, overlaid with Norman French, starting in 1066.
It’s not so much about classification than finding a place to identify it using a suite of yes/no branches based on specific graphems.
German and Dutch are very close languages, but in complete different places in this tree.
So maybe we could use a better platform for understanding? (hence my original point?)
(Modern German and Dutch are both from the West-Germanic tree, last I checked)
Okay, fine, granted-- but how does that actually help anyone in this day & age learn about these languages?
AS IN– dude, we don’t need to carry a master’s degree in order to understand how English formed out of Anglo-Saxon, with Norman French overlaid on top, now do we?
EDIT: Oh rabbits, no, it’s ME whose wrong. Whups…
I still don’t think you understand the point of the graphic. It’s called “What European language am I reading?”, not “how are these European languages related?”
Oof. I think you’re right (2wks later, dangit!), Eiim.
Sorry about that. :S
@Servais@discuss.tchncs.de @discuss.tchncs.de, that was rude of me, and I apologise.
FWIW, I’ve posted a general apology in our sub’s general update if you care to look. Sorry again.
@Comment105@lemm.ee,
Hmm, what do you think about rabbits instead of geese…?
No worries, thank you for coming back to this comment, even later!
Have a good one!
As people said in another comment, it can be useful in identifying languages in settings like Geoguessr.
I appreciate the work you do on your European graphical novel community, and on Reddit to promote Lemmy, so I wasn’t expecting this kind of personal attack.
I’d personally attack you with something far worse than a silly goose. If I was on my reddit account.