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by JackTechno on September 11th, 2009
I meant to say that they look and sound SIMILAR.
by Dodgy Dog in a Sable COAT on September 11th, 2009
Like which ones?
by Sandy - Sand on September 11th, 2009
Hola ! ....Oh ya !!
by greensceptic on September 11th, 2009
They do ? wow !
by buttman on December 27th, 2009
Well, first, you need to remember that the influence of Rome, as a country, made
Latin the common language of south and western Europe, so those similarities of
words between English and Spanish is caused by the fact that Anglo-Saxon language
(old English) had borrowed many words from Latin; either directly or through French
language. This [Germanic] language group--spoken in Britain, south of Forth with the
exception of Cornwall and Wales, has been borrowing both before and after the Norman conquest in 1066 A.D.. Consequently, modern English and Latin are closely
connected. And since all the Romance Languages: French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and Romanian began as direct dialects of Vulgar Latin, thus the similarities.
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