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Oct 14, 1066
Battle of Hastings
After the Norman conquest, some Old English symbols were resembled with symbols that closely resembled Latin symbols, because Old English was no longer the official language, being replaced by French, and therefore was not written down. -
Period: Jan 1, 1450 to Jan 1, 1550
Great Vowel Shift
As the way we pronounce words changed so did their spelling, as people were inclined to spell words the way it was spelt. -
Jul 15, 1500
Many Inflectional Endings Reduced
Silent e's were continued in the spelling system but repurposed as a tool to signal the value of the long vowels changed in the Great Vowel Shift (e.g. in mate, name, while etc.). -
Jul 15, 1549
Affect of Printing
the tremendous variety of spellings in written English had shaken down into a far smaller set of variants, and a great part of the outlines of the modern orthography was in place. -
King James Bible
The most influential and most widespread religous document of the age. Most spelling techniques were adopted by translators and wrtiers. -
First Dictionary
Oxford English Dictionary first standardized spelling and gave meaning to a lot of the words (10,000) adding some consistency to English -
Noah Webster's Dictionary
He added systematic alterations to this dictionary using -ize instead of -ise for verbs derived from Greek verbs, eliminating u in the suffix -our. -
Invention of Texting
This ushered in a new era of English and developed trends and restrictions in spelling.
Laugh Out Loud- LOL
Got to go- gtg
Talk to you later- ttyl -
Period: to
Alfred the Great's rule
After defeating the vikings who threatened the english way of life and its, language, Alfred the Great encouraged English Literacy and saved the English language from extinction.