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The Normans were from Normandy, which eventually became part of France, and
Norsemen were from Norway (or that general area). Are you telling me
Normandy was settled by Norwegians?
At 02:16 PM 11/16/00 -0800, you wrote:
>Actually, a lot of French words entered English during the Norman (shortened
>from Norseman) rule. You can still see the division between
>French/AngloSaxon (Germanic) ruler/ruled in some word pairs. A lot of animal
>names have German roots while the food they became are French: calf/veal,
>pig/pork, ox/beef, sheep/mutton. Neet stuff.
>
>Henry
Received on Thu Nov 16 2000 - 17:07:28 CST