On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 1:40 AM, Rhodri James <rho...@kynesim.co.uk> wrote: > On 18/07/17 16:27, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: >> >> On Tue, 18 Jul 2017 10:38:48 -0400, Random832 <random...@fastmail.com> >> declaimed the following: >> >>> Define "native" then. My interpretation of "native English words" is >>> "anything you wouldn't have to put in italics to use in a sentence". >>> Which would also include "continuum". >>> >> >> Probably would have to go to words predating the Roman occupation >> (which probably means a dialect closer to Welsh or other Gaelic). >> Everything later is an import (anglo-saxon being germanic tribes invading >> south, Vikings in the central area, as I recall southern Irish displacing >> Picts in Scotland, and then the Norman French (themselves starting from >> Vikings ["nor(se)man"]). > > > Sorry, but even the Gaels/Gauls were invaders :-)
If we go back far enough, I'm pretty sure the only true Englishman is a sentient cup of tea. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
