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Thread #99679   Message #1995145
Posted By: GUEST,Dáithí
13-Mar-07 - 05:46 AM
Thread Name: BS: English Irish Scots Are All One Sez NYT
Subject: RE: BS: English Irish Scots Are All One Sez NYT
Interesting questions, Dazbo (to which I do not, sadly, have the answers!)
It certainly is the case that Latin replaced most of the continental Celtic languages (eg Gaulish)under Roman rule - hence the Spanish, french, Provencal, Italian, Rumanian, and other less-used Romance languages extant today. Why did that not happen in Britannia?
And what would a modern derivative of British Latin look and sound like today?
Dáithí