There’s not a single valid linguist that would agree. It’s very clearly a Germanic language, with French being the single largest influence courtesy of the Norman Conquests.
“Four score and twenty years ago” - nowhere else in English do you find this number construction, only by someone who speaks French (such as Lincoln, Jefferson, Franklin, etc).
Yea, no.
There’s not a single valid linguist that would agree. It’s very clearly a Germanic language, with French being the single largest influence courtesy of the Norman Conquests.
“Four score and twenty years ago” - nowhere else in English do you find this number construction, only by someone who speaks French (such as Lincoln, Jefferson, Franklin, etc).
I took french for 6 years and never put that last bit together. Thank you.