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[–] Transform2942@lemmy.ml 21 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

So what you gotta do is settle the island with a bunch of Germans, then get conquered some centuries later by the French. Steal all the vocabulary from French - especially the vocabulary of the nobility - but keep the German grammar. Then just for fun when you are about to standardize your spelling with the invention of the printing press import a bunch of Dutch people to do your spelling for you

[–] Daryl76679@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Don’t forget getting converted by St. Augustine bringing Latin and Greek words!

[–] Transform2942@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

And who could forget grabbing all available loanwords from The Colonies

[–] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Transform2942@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago

The limeys need their grog or its mutiny