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"Dialect" meaning in Anglo-Saxon times.



 
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"Dialect" meaning in Anglo-Saxon times. Sun Jul 06, 2008 22:23 pm  "Dialect" meaning in Anglo-Saxon times.
 

Does anyone know what the word "dialect" meant in Anglo-Saxon times?
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"Dialect" meaning in Anglo-Saxon times. Sun Jul 06, 2008 23:35 pm  "Dialect" meaning in Anglo-Saxon times.
 

If you're asking what it meant in Anglo-Saxon times, it didn't even exist in English during that period. The Anglo-Saxon period ended in 1066, with the battle of Hastings. Old English, the language of that period, ends at about 1100 A.D.

The word 'dialect' didn't exist until about 1577. It comes from the Middle French 'dialecte', which in turn came from the Latin 'dialectus' meaning "local language, way of speaking, conversation". The Romans borrowed it from the Greek 'dialektos', a variation of 'dialegesthai', meaning to "converse with each other," coming from the Greek words 'dia'- "across, between" + 'legein' "speak".
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"Dialect" meaning in Anglo-Saxon times. Mon Jul 07, 2008 2:59 am  "Dialect" meaning in Anglo-Saxon times.
 

Molly wrote:
Does anyone word the "dialect" meant in Anglo-Saxon times?

I think you've gotten a good answer, but could you please put this question into English so that we can be sure?
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"Dialect" meaning in Anglo-Saxon times. Mon Jul 07, 2008 8:54 am  "Dialect" meaning in Anglo-Saxon times.
 

Many thanks, Skrej.
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"Dialect" meaning in Anglo-Saxon times. Mon Jul 07, 2008 9:16 am  "Dialect" meaning in Anglo-Saxon times.
 

Molly wrote:
Does anyone know what word the "dialect" meant in Anglo-Saxon times?

Golly, Molly ! I think you've corrected your sentence only half-way Laughing but it's better than what Jamie first read Razz
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"Dialect" meaning in Anglo-Saxon times. Mon Jul 07, 2008 9:54 am  "Dialect" meaning in Anglo-Saxon times.
 

lost_soul wrote:
Molly wrote:
Does anyone know what word the "dialect" meant in Anglo-Saxon times?

Golly, Molly ! I think you've corrected your sentence only half-way Laughing but it's better than what Jamie first read Razz

Ah, yes, you're right. Granny very ill in hospital at the moment. I'm a bit distracted.

I guess it's something that one out of three native speakers understood the question anyway.
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"Dialect" meaning in Anglo-Saxon times. Mon Jul 07, 2008 9:56 am  "Dialect" meaning in Anglo-Saxon times.
 

Molly wrote:
Ah, yes, you're right. Granny very ill in hospital at the moment. I'm a bit distracted.

I'm sorry to hear that Shocked Hope she'll be OK.
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"Dialect" meaning in Anglo-Saxon times. Mon Jul 07, 2008 23:12 pm  "Dialect" meaning in Anglo-Saxon times.
 

Ha, my 'teaching filter' kicked in, so I was fairly sure that was what you meant.

And my answer's the same, even when the question's grammatically correct. Smile
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