um, you show yourself to be ignorant yourself. most of the english language's words are from french; any word over one syllable is from norman french -- beef, boeuf; pork, porc - are some of the exceptions (there are others). and there are many other words that have been adopted from other languages -- arabic, the various celtic languages, french (as mentioned), hindic, african languages esp. swahili, and many many others. this is total nitpicking, but ignorance should be cleared up.
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um, you show yourself to be ignorant yourself. most of the english language's words are from french; any word over one syllable is from norman french -- beef, boeuf; pork, porc - are some of the exceptions (there are others). and there are many other words that have been adopted from other languages -- arabic, the various celtic languages, french (as mentioned), hindic, african languages esp. swahili, and many many others. this is total nitpicking, but ignorance should be cleared up.