In a message dated 12-26-14, Alan Zisman said to Holger Granholm:   
      
   Hello Alan,   
      
   AZ> English evolved as a Germanic-family language (Anglo-Saxon) that   
   AZ> added Latin and French words following the Norman Conquest -   
   AZ> at that time, the French-speakers were the lords, while the Anglo-   
   AZ> Saxon speakers were the peasants -   
      
   Yes, the scandinavian languages do also have their roots in the Germanic   
   family with addition of Latin. Most of these languages have words that   
   ultimately are translations from german.   
      
   After the WW 2 there has been many words added that originally are   
   english.   
      
   When I was at school we could choose between german an french as second   
   foreign language. Since french at that time was considered to be mainly   
   a diplomatic language and I didn't foresee a myself as a diplomat I   
   chose german that was at the time the common language for all technical   
   printed material used at the technical schools.   
      
   AZ> as a result, the words for the farm animals tend to be German/Anglo-   
   AZ> Saxon while for food tend to be French-derived:   
      
   AZ> Cow vs beef   
   AZ> Swine vs pork   
      
   Yes that is correct and these days french is also the main language to   
   describe fine food and recipes thereof.   
      
   Please note that finnish is not a scandinavian language but does have   
   its roots in the finnish/ugrian language family. For that reason it is   
   also extremely difficult to learn for people of other language families.   
      
      
   Happy New Year,   
      
   Holger   
      
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