Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Hibou Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.usage.english Subject: Re: GNU Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2026 07:07:07 +0000 Lines: 16 Message-ID: References: <10oeeru$kih0$1@dont-email.me> <10oeiea$lo5g$2@dont-email.me> <6our7mxi9i.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <10oh35t$1g6or$1@dont-email.me> <10oj5ii$259sl$2@dont-email.me> <10ojna8$2ashr$3@dont-email.me> <1772999514-12588@newsgrouper.org> <0nlrqkhnvbaefd3t4en5qclp0g9696ss0b@4ax.com> <10okn6p$2nl86$4@dont-email.me> <87jyvlsf25.fsf@parhasard.net> <10olp2o$3205d$2@dont-email.me> <10p67e9$12dg4$4@dont-email.me> <10p7lca$1jakg$1@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net EPEpV8IL20kxbunvxOpwVAHTbzryKY4G5ip8dB3yv0GGDsDbJG Cancel-Lock: sha1:ZvjNfn8/C8eqNUUEs3TPLRD5u4Y= sha256:4QQ6LbnXRjwgVrQG6GZyRom74c7pBAKu21g3p2X8/2I= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-GB, fr In-Reply-To: <10p7lca$1jakg$1@dont-email.me> Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:83078 alt.usage.english:1139627 Le 16/03/2026 à 01:11, Peter Moylan a écrit : > On 15/03/26 23:07, The Natural Philosopher wrote: >> >> We speak descendants of all the influences of many proto Indo >> European languages. >> >> We have Germanic words, but the order is Celtic or French. > > French, perhaps, but is not the word order Celtic. Is VSO the word order > at Celtic languages. French in that both they and we mostly use SVO (j'adore les rognons, I love kidneys), but the position of adjectives and pronouns often differs. Je le lui ai donné (I gave it to him), for example, which is SOV.