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The invasion
The British Isles were invaded by the Angels, Saxons and Jutes in the 5th century -
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Old English
The languages that were spoken before the invasion got oblirated and what we know as English started here -
Jan 24, 1066
Invasion by the Normans
In 1066 England were invaded by the Normans from the northern part of France -
Jan 24, 1470
Middle English
The English king and the elite of the country spoke French. The bishops and priests also spoke Latin. So by the influnce of theese two languages the English language evovled to something we can recognise today -
Jan 25, 1470
Loan words
In 1470 only 75% of the words were of Old English.
Rest of the words were mostly loan words of French origins -
Jan 24, 1476
Early Modern English - Printing press
William Caxon set up the first printing press. Books could now be produced much more easily and go out to the "people".
Therefore the written language had to be more understandable so everyone could read it. Before there wasnt any specific way to spell or grammar rules -
Early Modern English - Shakespeare and The King James Bible
Shakespeare and The King James Bible have introduced a lot of prases and idoims, to the English Language, there can give an idea of how early modern english was. Idioms like: green-eyed jealousy, eat sour grapes , new wine into old botles, where phrases you used in the 17th century and some of them we still use today -
American English
When AMerica gained its independence form Britain, they made a new language. There is not a lot of diffrene but there a som spelling differences and then the Americans use different words for some things. -
Modern English
A lot of new words were added to the English vocabulary because of a lot of social, technological and economic developments.
Words like: watt, clausophobia and coaine, were words that came in the 19th century -
Global English
English is a big part of many people lives today. Almost everyoe can speak it and many countries, who does not speak English as a native language, have it ine school. It is often the language people use, when they come from two different not native english speaking countries
