On Nov 14, 10:53*pm, Lil Abner > wrote:
> On 11/14/2010 10:15 PM, learnspeakingenglish wrote:> We will begin with BOX and the plural is BOXES.
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> > But the plural OX should be OXEN and not OXES.
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> How about French where Potatoes are apples of or from the earth.
> English evolved from Germanic languages.
> It is fascinating to read about some of the evolution. It is near
> impossible with anyone with a Doctorate in languages to read old English.
> How about Russian etc with the extra characters in the alphabet.
> We studied that in elementary school but don't remember a thing about it.
> We can't even pronounce the sounds.
> how about Korean etc. Zeesh. I have relatives that to listen to them
> speak of sing some of the dialects is nerve wrecking because I can't
> understand or get into the rhythm of it.
> Swedish, or how about the dialects of the Pygmies? Can you begin to
> understand how to speak with clicks and other sounds we might not be
> able to make now.

The German word for potato is Kartoffel. However in my German dialect
potatoes are referred to as: Erd Aepffel. Erd = Earth, Aepfell(the
way we pronounce it) = Appels.