Cap'n Lee wrote:Reel Big Moose wrote:the roots of welsh are in wales.
as very little about welsh i know, i know you're bullshitting. its all based on old british, before the vikings. when they took over from the east coast, the english fled west, hence welsh and cornish.
Wikipedia wrote:Welsh evolved from British, the Celtic language spoken by the ancient Britons.
they are, but don't call me shirleyFurious D wrote:First of all, being wrong and bullshitting are two different things, surely?
then saying "the roots of welsh are in wales" would be a silly thing to say.Furious D wrote:Secondly - From what I can tell, Dave isn't disagreeing with you as such, just saying that it began in Wales, as in it literally began in Wales, with the British words.
if it seperated then it can't be it's own unique language, i think you've joined into this a little late, dave said that welsh is a proper language while english is just a bunch of other languages taped together (paraphrasing). my point is that it isn't a seperate entity, and fair enough, we don't know when it became distinct, but saying it does at all is in my favour.Furious D wrote:Thirdly - Wikipedia also says: "it is not clear when Welsh became distinct." So noone can be completely sure that it didn't 'begin' in Wales either..
Cap'n Lee wrote:
Cap'n Lee wrote:they are, but don't call me shirleyFurious D wrote:First of all, being wrong and bullshitting are two different things, surely?
Cap'n Lee wrote:then saying "the roots of welsh are in wales" would be a silly thing to say.Furious D wrote:Secondly - From what I can tell, Dave isn't disagreeing with you as such, just saying that it began in Wales, as in it literally began in Wales, with the British words.
[/quote]Cap'n Lee wrote:Furious D wrote:Thirdly - Wikipedia also says: "it is not clear when Welsh became distinct." So noone can be completely sure that it didn't 'begin' in Wales either..
if it seperated then it can't be it's own unique language, i think you've joined into this a little late, dave said that welsh is a proper language while english is just a bunch of other languages taped together (paraphrasing). my point is that it isn't a seperate entity, and fair enough, we don't know when it became distinct, but saying it does at all is in my favour.
Reel Big Moose wrote:I love when I make a throwaway remark n lee turns it into a mass debate.
lightowler wrote:Reel Big Moose wrote:I love when I make a throwaway remark n lee turns it into a mass debate.
Reel Big Moose wrote:i know a fair few people whose idea of debate is just mocking the other person like that tbf
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