Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth proudly and embarrassingly declared that he only "speaks American" while in a room filled with leaders from Latin America.
The words in English of Latin origin, except for some technical terms from when Latin was the academic lingua franca, came in via Norman French. And there are no Latin-derived grammatical features in English that didn’t pass through Norman French.
The words in English of Latin origin, except for some technical terms from when Latin was the academic lingua franca, came in via Norman French. And there are no Latin-derived grammatical features in English that didn’t pass through Norman French.