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This is where the "Anglosaxon" term comes from. -
Carrying Latin words with them. -
Introduced Nordic words to the language. -
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They brought more words from French and Latin to the native speakers. -
England vs. France, a 116 years conflict with a lot of new words in it. -
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He invented about two thousand new words for the language, his books "Hamlet", "Henry V" and "Twelfth Night" are masterpieces. -
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With the translation to english of the bible, a lot of words and idioms were invented and adapted to the language. -
The new bible made people start talking in very similar way to modern english nowadays, transforming the communication. -
With new inventions ahead, new words and terms were created.
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A group with scientific intentions appeared. -
New knowledge required appropriate terms. -
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With the colonization of new territories, the Britons found out new words, like the ones from the Carribean. -
All of them had native populations before the European arrival, and their own languages and dialects, words like "yoga", cannibal" and "bungalow". -
The Oxford University started to write a brand new dictionary for the English language, it took a lot of time to finish. -
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The industrial revolution and the independence of the United States made words change according to the nationality you have, the difference between "cookie" and "biscuit" ilustrates this perfectly. -
We know it, we use it, and we adapted english to the new technological terms needed for it, "hack", "modem", "click" and similar stuff come from here. -
“The limits of my language mean the limits of my world.” – Ludwig Wittgenstein