means that every time a new word enters the English vocabulary from another culture, an element of that culture comes in. (PP# 36) Celtic tribes inhabited England prior to the invasion by the Germanic tribes of the Angles and Saxons (449AD) and we have them to thank for the words and also and The language spoken at the “whiskey, “bog,” “shindig,” “crag” “tor.” time has been referred to as Anglo-Saxon or Almost half of the “old English.” most commonly used words in Modern English have Old English roots, “be, etc. After their colonization of the island, they “strong,” “water,” “the,” “you,” settled down to become farmers and gave us the words pertaining to that endeavor sheep, shepherd, ox, earth, plough, swine, dog, but also glee, laughter, and mirth. – In 597 AD, Christianity was introduced to i.e., the land of the “Englaland,” Angles, and brought many Latin and Greek words for abstract thought and, of course, religious concepts, e.g., etc. “bishop,” “angel,” “demon,” The Viking invasions took place from 750-1050 and brought with them about 900 words, such as and “get,” “hit,” “leg,” “low,” “root,” “want,” “wrong.” This gave rise to English/Danish synonyms such as rear/raise (child), wish/want, craft/skill, hide/skin. The last great invasion took place in 1066 with the Normans coming from northern France. For almost 300 years, a dialect of French was used by the ruling
means that every time a new word enters the English vocabulary from another culture, an element of that culture comes in. (PP# 36) Celtic tribes inhabited England prior to the invasion by the Germanic tribes of the Angles and Saxons (449AD) and we have them to thank for the words “whiskey, “bog,” and “shindig,” also “crag” and “tor.” The language spoken at the time has been referred to as Anglo-Saxon or “old English.” Almost half of the most commonly used words in Modern English have Old English roots, “be, “strong,” “water,” “the,” “you,” etc. After their colonization of the island, they settled down to become farmers and gave us the words pertaining to that endeavor – sheep, shepherd, ox, earth, plough, swine, dog, but also glee, laughter, and mirth. In 597 AD, Christianity was introduced to “Englaland,” i.e., the land of the Angles, and brought many Latin and Greek words for abstract thought and, of course, religious concepts, e.g., “bishop,” “angel,” “demon,” etc. The Viking invasions took place from 750-1050 and brought with them about 900 words, such as “get,” “hit,” “leg,” “low,” “root,” “want,” and “wrong.” This gave rise to English/Danish synonyms such as rear/raise (child), wish/want, craft/skill, hide/skin. The last great invasion took place in 1066 with the Normans coming from northern France. For almost 300 years, a dialect of French was used by the ruling
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