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From: mcv@inter.NL.net (Miguel Carrasquer)
Subject: Re: Frisian and Old English
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Date: Mon, 10 Oct 1994 16:14:19 GMT
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In article <smryanCxFxCq.6u5@netcom.com>, S M Ryan <smryan@netcom.com> wrote:
>Rickie Markus Sonpal (rms22@bonjour.cc.columbia.edu) wrote:
>: I was recently told that the language of the Frisian Islands is remarkably
>: similar to Old English--similar enough to make the reading of Beowulf by a 
>: native speaker of Frisian a task comparable to reading a newpaper.  Of course,
>: I heard this on the subway.  Can someone affirm/clarify this for me?  Thanks. 
>:  Rickie.
>
>It's close enough for some sentences to be the same in both languages.
>

Examples?

I don't speak Frisian, but I can read it well enough.  I have considerably
more difficulty with Beowulf...

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