@ Rockin Robbins: Sorry this side-thread developed within your topic. I'll answer this one here, but if it goes any further we'll get our own.
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Originally Posted by Buddahaid
And yes, English evolved from the proto-germanic, but what written forms when only the Church could write?
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Good point. My objection would be that the Germans did develop their own written language, and it had pretty much nothing to do with Latin. Also, the Church were the only group who spoke Latin, which in my opinion makes it a side-issue.
Or, as I once heard it, the French are the descendants of the Gauls who were conquered by Rome. The Germans stem from those Gauls who never surrendered. Lightweight, I know, but there's some truth in there somewhere.
@ Stealhead: The angle of the arm in the salute is pretty much irrelevant. The Americans of that time thought it was close enough to warrant changing it.