Quote Originally Posted by jdhowland View Post
You're right. He did mention Germanic. I was just taking opposition to this statement:



I'm too lazy to look up the numbers but I think the is an overstatement if you include the other language families of Europe. And some people do seem to have the idea that Latin is somehow older than English or that we have a Latin-based syntax.

Still fighting the Normans here, even if they are my ancestors now.

I love tangents.
English is Germanic as a base, but uses many other languages as well to bring itself to what it is now. Latin is one of them, but you are correct, English is not based in Latin. It's more of a mish mash with mostly a german based.