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Manifestor_of_Light

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Thu Jun-28-07 03:47 AM
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I have a dumb question.

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Why are there words in German and Latin & Romance languages that are similar even though they are on two different branches of Indo-European? I thought English was pretty much a Germanic language with other stuff thrown in. Could somebody explain this please? Thank you.

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