Russell
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Joined: April 2005
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A side question to the side question, for anyone out there knowledgeable about European linguistic history.
While trying to scratch out whether there's anything to D/2's assertion that "thousands of Burgundian knights" migrated to Portugal to help wrest the country from the Castillians, I get the impression that, at the time, Burgundy was more German than French, and that their language was the germanic Franconian, more akin to modern Dutch than to modern French.
But, I hasten to add, I'm no expert, and I'm asking a question, not making a claim. (Probably not a bad attitude to take when venturing into an area in which one is completely unschooled, don't you think?)
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Must... not... scratch... mosquito bite.
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