When we speak English, we might say that we speak the language of Samuel Johnson, the man who wrote the first dictionary. Or we can say that we speak the language of Shakespeare. It makes sense to explain yourself when speaking King James’ biblical language. That mass printing steamed and steamed many of the myriad local variations that existed in the early 17th century. But we hate to acknowledge by many British people (and a few more Americans) so when we speak English, we are a lot of time and actually speak French.
“In 1066, the Normans seized the British throne from the Anglo-Saxons, and YouTuber Robward The new video aboveIt describes the only event that is most important in the entire history of English. He speaks in just 22 minutes. “William the conqueror became king, and Norman French became the language of Elite in England.”
Under the country that is the new ruler Counts, Seedand Athleling Called Baron, Dukeand prince. “Now assisted Anglo-Saxons had to learn the French language if they wanted to get, so English absorbs many of the French terms related to power, justice, art, government, law and culture. force, justice, art, government, Lawand culturegive just a few names.
This thorough Frenchization produced what we now call Middle English, unlike the old English that was spoken before. As Robwords pointed out, about 85% of the old English vocabulary is not used today, but we still “use old English in every sentence we utter.” mouse, cattleand Wolves. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursdayand Friday Please refer to “the Anglo-Saxons pre-Christian gods.” And we can hear the dim echoes of the ancient ancestral linguists calling Proto Indo-Europe, even the highly “globalized” English that we speak, which is what ancient ancestral linguists call Proto Indo-Europe. Perhaps that’s why, despite being spoken so widely, English is still very difficult to learn. When we speak it, we speak many languages at once, not just languages.
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Based in Seoul Colin marshall Write and broadcasting stationTS about cities, languages, and culture. His projects include the Substack Newsletter Books about cities And the book The Stateless City: Walking through 21st century Los Angeles. Follow him on social networks previously known as Twitter @colinmarshall.
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