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Which European language am I reading (jlai.lu)
submitted 2 years ago* by to c/yurop@lemm.ee
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cross-posted from: https://jlai.lu/post/9070854

Source : https://tech.lgbt/@pierogiburo/112875137520784379

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[–] -2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Seriously.

Now I'm no scholar, but categorising English as part of the Celtic-branch is just ridoinkulous to me. Like-- that might have been true since before the Roman conquest, but Modern English is easily a West-Germanic branch, overlaid with Norman French, starting in 1066.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    It's not so much about classification than finding a place to identify it using a suite of yes/no branches based on specific graphems.

    German and Dutch are very close languages, but in complete different places in this tree.

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  • [–] -4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

    German and Dutch are very close languages, but in complete different places in this tree.

    So maybe we could use a better platform for understanding? (hence my original point?)

    (Modern German and Dutch are both from the West-Germanic tree, last I checked)

    specific graphems

    Okay, fine, granted-- but how does that actually help anyone in this day & age learn about these languages?

    AS IN-- dude, we don't need to carry a master's degree in order to understand how English formed out of Anglo-Saxon, with Norman French overlaid on top, now do we?

    EDIT: Oh rabbits, no, it's ME whose wrong. Whups..

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I still don't think you understand the point of the graphic. It's called "What European language am I reading?", not "how are these European languages related?"

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Oof. I think you're right (2wks later, dangit!), Eiim.
    Sorry about that. :S

    @Servais@discuss.tchncs.de @discuss.tchncs.de, that was rude of me, and I apologise.

    FWIW, I've posted a general apology in our sub's general update if you care to look. Sorry again.

    @Comment105@lemm.ee,

    I’d personally attack you with something far worse than a silly goose. If I was on my reddit account!

    Hmm, what do you think about rabbits instead of geese..?

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    but how does that actually help anyone in this day & age learn about these languages?

    As people said in another comment, it can be useful in identifying languages in settings like Geoguessr.

    Silly goose.

    I appreciate the work you do on your European graphical novel community, and on Reddit to promote Lemmy, so I wasn't expecting this kind of personal attack.

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