Comments on: Modern English is Not 100% English

By: R. Vinay

R. Vinay — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 14:40:10 +0000

this is what i was lokking for. Thanx chang

By: Wydo

Wydo — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 03:56:11 +0000

Thanks for the article because it was just what I was looking for. I would really like to know how much of modern English has old English in it. Looking at the online dictionary of etymology it looks like most of English is not English. Looking at the words of old English and its structure I wonder why we bother to call our language English at all. What is it about our language that allows it to be called English anyway?

By: Leigh

Leigh — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 11:53:16 +0000

to norbert: I would appreciate it if you could tell me what those 25 words are. thanks.

By: Alexa Gates

Alexa Gates — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 16:31:44 +0000

very interesting

By: Rookie Expert

Rookie Expert — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:04:24 +0000

Par excellence!!
Good information. Thanx. Just one thing, you have written the meaning for Hors de combat twice in the article, both of which are right, but might confuse people. Incase you want to fix that.
Hors de combat: out of the fight; disabled; no longer able to fight
Hors de combat: out of action

By: Lucy Lockett

Lucy Lockett — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 04:17:22 +0000

A good read, for a language to be effective it needs to grow with the speakers of the language.

By: Judy Sheldon

Judy Sheldon — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 02:27:45 +0000

Chan, this is brilliant. You must have spent hours researching this.

By: nobert soloria bermosa

nobert soloria bermosa — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 01:01:42 +0000

i agree, the english dictionary we are using now is a compilation of different words from different languages worldwide with of course majority of them from the english language,Filipino language alone has about 25 words included,lots from american indian,some from indian,japanese,and from the Romance Language like spanish,etc,tnx for the interesting read Chan

By: valli

valli — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 16:15:32 +0000

I also learned newthings.

By: IcyCucky

IcyCucky — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 13:17:54 +0000

Learn something new today..