English Language Family Meme

Text on the meme

English Norse Latin French

What it means

A blue cartoon character faces a bearded gnome labeled “English.” In the second panel, English opens its coat to reveal smaller figures labeled “Norse,” “Latin,” and “French,” joking that English developed from a mixture of these linguistic influences. EN: A blue cartoon character faces a bearded gnome labeled “English.” In the second panel, English opens its coat to reveal smaller figures labeled “Norse,” “Latin,” and “French,” joking that English developed from a mixture of these linguistic influences.

Objects

blue cartoon character / синий мультяшный персонаж bearded gnome / бородатый гном red pointed hat / красная остроконечная шапка blue coat / синее пальто small green figures / маленькие зелёные фигурки open coat / распахнутое пальто gray ground / серый грунт dark background / тёмный фон speech labels / текстовые подписи