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Anglo-Saxon
Angles and Saxons contribute to English with vocab since it was more useful. -
1066
The Norman Conquest
With William the Conqueror, many french words were added to the English language since it was the official language business -
1564
Chakespeare
Chakespeare invented around 2000 words that were later added to English. These words were used in his writings. -
English and the Empire
British empire expansion 1583-1914
Since English didn't have words for the things they found on the countries they colonised, they took native words from those places to name what they found. -
American English
North America's Colonization -
The King James Bible
A group of Scribes made a translation of the Bible for King James, adding multiple new expressions to the English language -
The English of Science
Scientist was discovering things faster than they could name them, so they had to create new words for those discoveries. They also invented words for the human body parts. -
The era of the Dictionary by Dr. Jhonson
Took 9 years to write. The idea was to standarize the way words were written. -
Internet English
With the invention of Internet, new words were neededt o define things like downloading. Internet also brought the invention of expressions such as LOL, BTW, and more others -
Global English
English was adopted by many countries around the world and was shaped according to these countrie's mother tongue, giving birth to Singlish, Chinglish and many more.