LL-L "Language varieties" 2003.06.07 (02) [E]

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From: Ruud Harmsen <rh at rudhar.com>
Subject: LL-L "Language varieties" 2003.06.06 (14) [E]

>The Normans spoke 'Norman-French', a form of French,
>but nonetheless one distinct from Parisian French
>(upon which the Standard is now based) partly because
>of its Germanic influence. This influence was
>particularly marked in the Germanic initial /w/ versus
>Romance /g/ (cf. English 'war', French 'guerre').

I think in the often rather bloody history of Ireland, there were
sometimes wars between Normans from Denmark via northern England,
and Normans from Denmark via Normandy via Southern England.
Both tragic and funny in certain ways, I should think.

Source: A Short History of Ireland, by Martin Wallace, 1973, 1986,
Appletree Press Ltd.

I quote from page 19:
"Dermot returned to Ireland in 1167 with a small force of Normans,
Welsh and Flemings, but it was 1169 before the first major
contingent of Normans landed at Bannow Bay in County Wexford. A
force of
Norsemen from the town of Wexford challenged them, [...]"

Note the subtle difference between Normans and Norsemen.
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Ruud Harmsen  http://rudhar.com/index/whatsnew.htm  6 June 2003

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