Bernard Cerquiglini
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“Some 40 per cent of the 15,000 words in Shakespeare’s works were of French origin. The same percentage can be found in the current English version of the Bible.
Évidemment, I make no bones about that. This is a book written in bad faith. It’s a French book. So (it is) arrogant.
English, full of French, Norman and Latin, is more of a Romance language than a Germanic one. Its Saxon backbone is clothed in a luxuriant and precious Roman flesh.”
― La langue anglaise n'existe pas
Évidemment, I make no bones about that. This is a book written in bad faith. It’s a French book. So (it is) arrogant.
English, full of French, Norman and Latin, is more of a Romance language than a Germanic one. Its Saxon backbone is clothed in a luxuriant and precious Roman flesh.”
― La langue anglaise n'existe pas
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| Francophonie: CLUB DE LECTURE Mars 2020 - la francophonie/la littérature française | 3 | 68 | Feb 28, 2020 11:25PM |
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