02-02-2009, 03:37 AM
Thanks for the heads up, I'll record them. Someplace I have some references saved showing the breakdown of English words by derivation. Less than half are from old Anglo-Saxon, and of those there is a distinct upper class/lower class split (House (A-S= Hus) for the poor and Mansions (Fr= Maison) for the rich. There is also a skew by length of words- more small words are Anglo-saxon, while larger words are foreign. Email if you'd like them and I'll try to find them.
Paul M. Bardunias
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