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)

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?"