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Offline AKKuya

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« on: October 09, 2012, 11:01:40 PM »
One of the most common misconceptions that Americans think they know about the Continental Congress is that English was 1 vote more than German (Deutsch) as the official language for the United States.

No vote was ever taken for an official language.

How would have history for America been rewritten if German was an official language for America?
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Re: Deutsch
« Reply #1 on: October 09, 2012, 11:11:38 PM »
Quote from: AKKuya on October 09, 2012, 11:01:40 PM
One of the most common misconceptions that Americans think they know about the Continental Congress is that English was 1 vote more than German (Deutsch) as the official language for the United States.

No vote was ever taken for an official language.

How would have history for America been rewritten if German was an official language for America?
I think if German was the primary language for America the whole world would be under One Ruler, Hitler's son or grandson. What side you think the US would have taken in WW2?? Lol
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Re: Deutsch
« Reply #2 on: October 10, 2012, 12:28:24 AM »
The primary language of Britain is English and the Royal family is very German :rofl
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Re: Deutsch
« Reply #3 on: October 10, 2012, 01:09:30 AM »
English is practically German with a little Latin vocabulary thrown in for some flair anyway.
Now Russian... that's a different animal.
I took 4 years of German and high school but my University offers Russian classes (and practically every other Slavic language) so I had to give that a shot. What a nightmare it is learning a language with so little relation to English, coming from German.

Я говорю очень плохо по-русски
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Re: Deutsch
« Reply #4 on: October 10, 2012, 02:32:03 AM »
Quote from: zack1234 on October 10, 2012, 12:28:24 AM
The primary language of Britain is English and the Royal family is very German :rofl

 :rofl :rofl So true!.. House of Windsor straight from House of Hanover
Quote from: Motherland on October 10, 2012, 01:09:30 AM
English is practically German with a little Latin vocabulary thrown in for some flair anyway.

Try french.. The Normans had more influence than then English would like to admit.

German and English have many many cognates, but its grammatical structures are different esp around the placement of verbs in the past tense and compound sentences.

All in all old Swedish and Old English have more in common than one might expect... then again Swedish and German are similar... Although I don't know if German has a phrase like ...

pappskalle or Apskalle!
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« Reply #5 on: October 10, 2012, 02:55:13 AM »
Quote from: Ardy123 on October 10, 2012, 02:32:03 AM
All in all old Swedish and Old English have more in common than one might expect... then again Swedish and German are similar... Although I don't know if German has a phrase like ...

pappskalle or Apskalle!

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Re: Deutsch
« Reply #6 on: October 10, 2012, 04:51:43 AM »
Quote from: klingan on October 10, 2012, 02:55:13 AM
:rofl

hahah I knew someone would appreciate it...

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Re: Deutsch
« Reply #7 on: October 10, 2012, 05:17:46 AM »
Quote from: AKKuya on October 09, 2012, 11:01:40 PM
One of the most common misconceptions that Americans think they know about the Continental Congress is that English was 1 vote more than German (Deutsch) as the official language for the United States.

No vote was ever taken for an official language.

How would have history for America been rewritten if German was an official language for America?
Dasselbe, aber in Deutsch
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Re: Deutsch
« Reply #8 on: October 10, 2012, 05:34:09 AM »
German is angry English :rofl
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Re: Deutsch
« Reply #9 on: October 10, 2012, 05:42:15 AM »
Quote from: zack1234 on October 10, 2012, 05:34:09 AM
German is angry English :rofl

But without hte pies!!
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Re: Deutsch
« Reply #10 on: October 10, 2012, 06:44:14 AM »
Quote from: Ardy123 on October 10, 2012, 02:32:03 AM
Try french.. The Normans had more influence than then English would like to admit.

The Normans were not much French at the time of William the Conqueror. At that time they were second and third generation Vikings who held a rather uneasy peace with the French king, who Rollo forced into accepting his autonomous "principality" of Normandy. If not he would burn down Paris... again. They would bring their bastardized language to the British isles; a language created by adopting the local oïl language by the Norse-speaking ruling class, and developed into the regional language which survives today in Normandy. English is very much the bastard language of Europe.
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Re: Deutsch
« Reply #11 on: October 10, 2012, 07:17:56 AM »
Quote from: zack1234 on October 10, 2012, 12:28:24 AM
The primary language of Britain is English and the Royal family is very German :rofl

Inbred too!  :rofl
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« Reply #12 on: October 10, 2012, 08:23:22 AM »
Quote from: GScholz on October 10, 2012, 06:44:14 AM
The Normans were not much French at the time of William the Conqueror. At that time they were second and third generation Vikings who held a rather uneasy peace with the French king, who Rollo forced into accepting his autonomous "principality" of Normandy. If not he would burn down Paris... again. They would bring their bastardized language to the British isles; a language created by adopting the local oïl language by the Norse-speaking ruling class, and developed into the regional language which survives today in Normandy. English is very much the bastard language of Europe.

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The last bit about English being the bastard language of Europe, cheers :aok

We have lots of swear words as well :)

That scum bag with the hooks who is getting deported to the US said we are a bunch of Pagans and nothing can be done with us, I felt so proud. :)

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Re: Deutsch
« Reply #13 on: October 10, 2012, 08:50:21 AM »
Quote from: zack1234 on October 10, 2012, 08:23:22 AM
That scum bag with the hooks who is getting deported to the US


You guys are still doing this? Are they still kept on prison ships in Portsmouth or Chatham? You know that they will becoming pirates after arriving in the colonies... I know that from watching Captain Blood!   :old:
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« Reply #14 on: October 10, 2012, 09:14:18 AM »
In Britain you can break into someones house and still get protection from the law if the owner attacks you :old:

I am not proud about that :old:

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