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I've always wondered... with English's history being mainly mixed of West Germanic languages, and North Germanic languages (English used to be mutually intelligible with Icelandic and Old Norse), and the way it turned out, why is English not considered a North Germanic language? If you look at the rest of the West Germanic languages (German, Yiddish, Luxembourgish, Dutch, Limburgish, Afrikaans, Vilamovian), you can see that they are SOV languages, whereas English went the route of the North Germanic branch by being SVO, like its parent language. If you look at Scandinavian grammar, you're going to see incredible similarities in structure with English, even more than the West Germanic branch.

Are there any theories or explanations that any of you can think of to explain this?

Keep in mind that foreign loanwords don't change the classification of a language. Eg. German has almost as high of a percentage of French loanwords as English.

Are the western dialects of Norwegian intelligible with the standard Norwegian spoken in Oslo? What are the main differences between them? I'm curious to know, Scandinavian languages fascinating.

Well?

you took alcohol rectally?

should i drop him from high up so that he'll stop? should i hit him?

Do I need a National Insurance Number to be able to work in mainland Europe? I have UK citizenship, but am a Canadian resident/citizen, and am planning to move to mainland Europe.

On the booklet for the Special Edition trilogy package of the Dark Knight series, they had Ra's al Ghul, The Scarecrow, The Joker, Two-Face, Bane and... Catwoman??? Why did they not promote Talia al Ghul instead? She was the MAIN antagonist for the Dark Knight Rises for crying out loud!!! Catwoman was a PROtagonist!!!

I am a Canadian, but hold dual citizenship with the UK. I am looking to obtain a national insurance number before I plan to move to Europe, most likely to go to school (I am not looking for information regarding schooling, I already know I would have to pay tuition out of my own pocket for school in the UK). How would I go about obtaining a N.I.N. while still residing in Canada?

I remember seeing an episode of American Justice, which explained a case where someone killed someone the exact same way as they read in a book. The publishers of that book were found criminally liable for the defendant's actions. Does anyone know what this case was called, or at least, name the book and publisher who were involved?

Seeming as the differences between Canadian and American English are very small, I was wondering if you can distinguish the two from eachother? If so, how much?

... is anywhere NEAR Hitler-esque?

I know Dutch and Afrikaans are quite mutually intelligible, I was wondering if standard German was mutually intelligible with Yiddish?

What do you consider to be the ugliest language that you've had the displeasure of hearing?

I'm curious to know if an employer has the right to withhold pay from an employee as a disciplinary act, without any legal consequence. I'm in BC, Canada.

I have not seen ONE valid "exception". Enlighten me. Don't list homophones or homographs, they aren't unique to English (PLEASE don't show me that essay). Don't say "words aren't pronounced how they're spelled" either, that's also not unique to English (English's phonology has changed since the spelling was formed).

English is NOT even close to the most difficult language on earth. I have actually done research on this.

Shoot 'em here

... what are these "special rules" and "exceptions" I see people keep talking about? I haven't actually seen anyone explain them.

Seriously! It has pretty simple grammar! The pronunciation isn't very difficult either!