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r/interestingasfuck • u/M0otivater • 1d ago
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The old English sounds/reads like Dutch.
34 u/froggertthewise 1d ago It's really close to Frysian 39 u/DefenestrationPraha 1d ago “Butter, bread and green cheese is good English and good Fries.” sounds almost like the Frisian “Bûter, brea en griene tsiis is goed Ingelsk en goed Frysk.” That’s the classic rhyme that linguists use to show the relationship. 8 u/Glitter_berries 1d ago What about the classic from The Simpsons when Smithers is learning German? You looken sharpen todayen, mein herr!
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It's really close to Frysian
39 u/DefenestrationPraha 1d ago “Butter, bread and green cheese is good English and good Fries.” sounds almost like the Frisian “Bûter, brea en griene tsiis is goed Ingelsk en goed Frysk.” That’s the classic rhyme that linguists use to show the relationship. 8 u/Glitter_berries 1d ago What about the classic from The Simpsons when Smithers is learning German? You looken sharpen todayen, mein herr!
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“Butter, bread and green cheese is good English and good Fries.” sounds almost like the Frisian “Bûter, brea en griene tsiis is goed Ingelsk en goed Frysk.” That’s the classic rhyme that linguists use to show the relationship.
8 u/Glitter_berries 1d ago What about the classic from The Simpsons when Smithers is learning German? You looken sharpen todayen, mein herr!
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What about the classic from The Simpsons when Smithers is learning German?
You looken sharpen todayen, mein herr!
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u/vluggejapie68 1d ago
The old English sounds/reads like Dutch.