• CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
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    9 days ago

    So similar it was guaranteed they’d fight wars so numerous they started being named just by duration.

    Kind of like Greeks and Trojans, or Judeans and Samaritans.

  • AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space
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    I’ve heard English referred to as a Germanic-Romance creole, which makes a lot of sense when you consider how far removed it is from Old English.