Talk:Anglo-French

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I'm not entirely convinced that "Anglo-French" is a term used to describe the Norman French spoken in medieval England. Deb 10:03, 17 Aug 2003 (UTC)

Anglo-Norman was a dialect of Old Norman, not old French. The languages were separate even at that time (as the writings of Wace attest), and have completely different histories. Furthermore, when Normandy conquered England, they were separate, politically, from France (who conquered Normandy less than 150 years later). Thus, I am changing the reference. The Jade Knight 20:31, 9 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

The online Oxford English Dictionary has references to Anglo-French in its etymologies, under the abbreviation "AF." Is the OED also using the term "erroneously?"

Anglo-French can refer to international Anglo-French relations, but may also refer to the French used in England following the decline of Norman. The OED defines Anglo-French as such. To use it for Norman is incorrect. The Jade Knight 09:55, 21 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Were the OED to confuse French and Norman entirely, calling Norman French, it would also be incorrect in this. Norman is not French. This has recently been shown linguistically quite conclusively—but sometimes old misconceptions die hard. The Jade Knight 10:35, 21 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Anglo-French

In Linguistics: the Norman-French language of medieval England. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.9.68.227 (talk) 03:23, 15 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Spectrum, not discrete boundaries

Previous users have written "*Linguistic – may be used to refer to the dialect of French that developed in England following the decline of the Norman language there. It may also be used erroneously to describe the Anglo-Norman language." Are you sure you're talking about two different things there? How precisely is a distinction being drawn? I looked it up in WP:RSs and found no support for the distinction and for the allegation of "erroneously". I'm changing it. If you can beat my edit with more scholarship, feel free. Quercus solaris (talk) 00:45, 24 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Update: Details of disabuse at Talk:Anglo-Norman language#20161224T1849. Quercus solaris (talk) 18:56, 24 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]