Bringing back the pillory and public humiliation!

[Pathfinder]

You were close the first time. It's petit.

"Petit is the French adjective (qualifier) for "small", or "little", in the masculine form. In the feminine form, it is petite."

All you say is true, except . . . "theft" ain't a French word (Olde English so maybe originally Norse or Saxon), so why would anyone use a French word as a modifier for "petty theft"?

[fightingquaker13]

All you say is true, except . . . "theft" ain't a French word (Olde English so maybe originally Norse or Saxon), so why would anyone use a French word as a modifier for "petty theft"?

Who better to name a half assed anything (food and wine excepted)?
FQ13
PS, TheNormans won,that meant that they got to make the laws, as well as name them. The same is true of food. The animal names derived from Old English (Saxon) the cuts of meat from French.

[tombogan03884]

 Saxon isn't "old English, Saxon is Germanic, from when the vikings ruled large portions of England.
Then of course there were the Latin words that got mixed in, and the several varieties of Gaelic and Pictish.
What makes it hard for foreigners to learn English is that it is the most bastardized language on the planet.

[Pathfinder]

Saxon isn't "old English, Saxon is Germanic, from when the vikings ruled large portions of England.
Then of course there were the Latin words that got mixed in, and the several varieties of Gaelic and Pictish.
What makes it hard for foreigners to learn English is that it is the most bastardized language on the planet.

Actually Tom, yes, Saxon is Germanic, but it is not Norse.

The invasions (of major groups at least) in England started with pre-Picts, then Picts, then Celts from Dalriada (Ireland), then Romans, then Saxons and Angles (both from NW Germany, SE of Denmark) - BTW, the Saxons were so-called because of their weapon, the saxe, sort of a long knife not quite a sword.

After the Saxons and Angles invaded, they were followed by various "Danes" (Norseman) who conquered most of the England we know today - save Wessex in the SW, from which came the great king, Alfred (aka Alfred the Great, the only English king to ever be granted that appellation). King Harold repelled a sort-of-civil war invasion by more Norseman (the last Norse invasion BTW), only to have to hustle down to Hastings a few weeks later and be killed by William the Bastard (aka Conqueror) - a Norman.

Damn, I have tons of totally useless information at hand. Was there a bet on this? 

OE does draw from all of the cultures pre-Norman invasion, which introduced French and converted English to the so-called Middle English IIRC.

[tombogan03884]

 OK smart ass, what language did St. Patrick speak ?  

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[Pathfinder]

OK smart ass, what language did St. Patrick speak ?  

Latin, plus probably a prototypical form of Gaelic. I seem to recall he was sent to Ireland as a missionary, so I have no idea what his native language might have been.

I'm guessing he did NOT have to press 2 for Spanish either. 

[tombogan03884]

Wow , You're good 

Welsh Gaelic and Latin. but being sent to preach was his SECOND trip, the first time he was kidnapped and sold as a slave.

[PegLeg45]

Actually Tom, yes, Saxon is Germanic, but it is not Norse.

The invasions (of major groups at least) in England started with pre-Picts, then Picts, then Celts from Dalriada (Ireland), then Romans, then Saxons and Angles (both from NW Germany, SE of Denmark) - BTW, the Saxons were so-called because of their weapon, the saxe, sort of a long knife not quite a sword.

After the Saxons and Angles invaded, they were followed by various "Danes" (Norseman) who conquered most of the England we know today - save Wessex in the SW, from which came the great king, Alfred (aka Alfred the Great, the only English king to ever be granted that appellation). King Harold repelled a sort-of-civil war invasion by more Norseman (the last Norse invasion BTW), only to have to hustle down to Hastings a few weeks later and be killed by William the Bastard (aka Conqueror) - a Norman.

Damn, I have tons of totally useless information at hand. Was there a bet on this? 

OE does draw from all of the cultures pre-Norman invasion, which introduced French and converted English to the so-called Middle English IIRC.

Saxon isn't "old English, Saxon is Germanic, from when the vikings ruled large portions of England.
Then of course there were the Latin words that got mixed in, and the several varieties of Gaelic and Pictish.
What makes it hard for foreigners to learn English is that it is the most bastardized language on the planet.

Can't help myself....

Every time I hear or see the term Pict......

I must recall, in memory of a dear departed old friend, "Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict".

And now, ladies and germs, I return you to your regularly scheduled thread.

 

[Big Frank]

Now I'm in the mood for some Pink Floyd.