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 Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 7:01 pm
I'm afraid I don't fully understand your question, Fish? Germanic is a language group or family, consisting of several sub-categories.
It's 4am. I've been up since 11am and only had two hours of sleep before that...so I'm just a mite slow sweatdrop I'm afraid you'll have to revert to basic, one-clause sentences if you want me to follow you.
Edit:
Hi X, hi Joshua ^-^ How are you both today?
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Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 7:05 pm
Well, to put it in terms of that....
Would you could a sub-category a "language"? Or would you simply call a subcategory a "dialect"?
Though as near as I can tell, being monolingual, some dialects are extensively different enough they might as well be considered a full seperate language.
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Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 7:14 pm
Yes, I would call a sub-category a "language". Well, to be honest, I would call it another "category of languages", as there are more than just one layer to that cake.
As for the differences between dialect and language...I am not entirely sure how to define those. I do know, however, that despite Swedish and Norwegian understanding one another, they are clearly different languages. You would never mistake a Swede for being a Norwegian speaking some kind of funny dialect.
You can liken it to American-English and British-English...how often would you mistake a Brit for being American, or vice versa? (American and British are considered different variants of the same language, by the way, not separate languages.)
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Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 7:16 pm
Simply Anneke Hi X, hi Joshua ^-^ How are you both today? Kind of hungry. Somewhat bored.
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Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 7:34 pm
I need a fight for rank.
Who wants to take me up on it?
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Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 7:41 pm
Sub-divisions of Germanic are going to be comparable to, say, Spanish and Italian. In the latter case, both are "based on" Latin and have distinct similarities (and a lot in common with English, for that matter), but are by all means separate languages. They just share common roots. Latin for us, Germanic for them.
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Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 7:43 pm
Ryugi Kazamaru I need a fight for rank. Who wants to take me up on it? :meanfaces:
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Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 7:45 pm
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Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 7:45 pm
Damian said what I have been trying to translate from Dutch into English ever since we started that discussion, Fish ^-^
*hugs Damian*
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Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 7:51 pm
That challenge is open to anyone, by the way. Not just Josh.
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Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 7:55 pm
*Taken out by flying unhinged closet door.*
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Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 7:56 pm
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Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 7:57 pm
*Returns from the kitchen.* Seeing as you're the only person listed at C rank right now, the members of GOD HAND are the only ones you could fight that would be worth 2 points. Everyone else is only worth 1, since they're a rank below you. Stinkoman 20X6 Are you asking for a CHALLEEEEEEEEENGE!?!?!?
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Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 8:00 pm
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Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 8:02 pm
Then you just... put me in space and make me fly around in cool poses. *Shines. Without thumbs.*
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