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Graywolf shared:
Interesting comment, Frank. The peasants spoke Russian, and the Nobles spoke French. That is why they rebelled (grin). Come to think of it the same thing happened in England much earlier. Sir Walter Scott wrote an amusing chapter about this language phenomenon in one of his books.
You mean in "Ivanhoe" where the jester talks about how animals have Saxon names but their meat becomes French when served to the Normans?
A recent discussion with my son brought this to mind.
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