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New isn't from gaulish neither is summer or gob,gob in English more than likely has a Gaelic origin summer is Germanic new is also Germanic in this case when speaking of it's origins in English it has many indo european connotes.
The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that the English language is as pure as a crib-house wh*re.
It not only borrows words from other languages; it has on occasion chased other languages down dark alley-ways, clubbed them unconscious and rifled their pockets for new vocabulary.
I'm not trying to state purity just that they are not gaulish.
I know -- I was mostly interested in the aspect of the quote referring to the aggressive borrowing of English. But the first part was too amusing to leave off!
One ....... Cintus
Two ....... Allos
Three ..... Tritios
Four ...... Petuarios
Five ....... Pinpetos
Six ......... Suexos
Seven .... Sextametos
Eight . .... Oxtumetos
Nine ....... Nametos
Ten ........ Decametos
One ....... Cintus
Two ....... Allos
Three ..... Tritios
Four ...... Petuarios
Five ....... Pinpetos
Six ......... Suexos
Seven .... Sextametos
Eight . .... Oxtumetos
Nine ....... Nametos
Ten ........ Decametos
What's with these ? English still isn't of gaulish origin maybe you should learn the difference between loanwords and cognates which these are cognates like gothic ains twai threis fidwor fimf saihs sibun ahtau niun taihun compare old English an twegen thrie feower fif siex seofon eahta nigon tien.
It's amazing as that over 2,500 years of all the different invaders (Romans, Angles, Saxons, Jutes, Danes, Norse, Normans etc.) intermingling over all the years in Great Britain and yet we still have a few Celtic words used in the English language today that are mainly intact with the same meaning that the ancient Celts (brythonic, gaul etc) used.
I feel the same way. Considering how marginalized the various Celtic languages started becoming rather early on.
Mori not Mari I'm on my phone so it's a bit of a pain touch pad much prefer proper buttons.
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