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410
"Up yours, Caesar"
The Romans leave Britain, leaving some of their Latin language. -
450
Anglo-Saxon
Germanic tribes such as Anglo and Saxon flooded in and gave us the term "anglo-saxon", new words like 'house', 'woman', 'loaf', 'werewolf' and four days of the week (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday) appear. -
591
Missionaries
stole in, bringing more Latin and Christianity, along with words such as 'martyr', 'bishop' and 'font'. -
800
The Vikings
brought about 2,000 new words and phrases, with words like 'fast', 'die', 'drag' and 'ransack'. -
1066
Norman Conquest
William the Conqueror invaded England -
Period: 1066 to 1300
The Norman Conquest
with the invasion, William brought new concepts like the French Language.
Doomsday Book, new words like 'judge',' jury', 'evidence', 'justice'.
Common men spoke English and developed words like 'cow', 'sheep', and 'swine' but the French-speakers adopted the words 'beef', 'mutton', and 'pork' in their restaurants becoming a new trend and difficult to understand menus.
*English absorbed about 10,000 words from the Normans. -
Period: 1337 to 1453
The Hundred Years War
A long struggle over the succession to the French throne. (116 years)
The English Nation took their new war-like lingo of 'armies', 'navies' and 'soldiers'. -
1564
William Shakespeare
Born in 1564 -
Period: 1564 to
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare invented about 2,000 words and phrases like 'eyeball', 'anchovy', 'puppy dog', 'Dauntless', and 'alligator'.
William showed that English was a rich, vibrant language with limitless expressive and emotional power. -
The King James Bible
King James I authorized an English translation of the Bible. -
The Royal Society
The Royal Society formed by scientists in Britain such as Issac Newton (1643 to 1727), Robert Boyle (1627 to 1691), Robert Hocke (1635 to 1703) They worked in Latin and then they realized it was easier to speak English. New words were added, like 'acid', 'gravity', 'electricity', 'pendulum', 'cardiac', 'tonsil'', 'ovary', 'sternum' and others. -
The Dictionary of the English Language
Dr. Samuel Johnson wrote the Dictionary of the English Language. It was 18 inches tall and contained 42,773 entries. -
Oxford English Dictionary
A new book was being created, and it took 70 years to be finished -
America
Jazz appeared and new words as well.
'fall', 'diapers', 'candy' and 'autum' -
Internet English
The first e-mail was sent -
Internet
The Internet arrived. People could share ideas, likes, dislikes and pictures. -
Period: to
Gobal English
English absorbed, evolved, stole and invaded.
About 1.5 billion people speak English. a quarter of them are native speakers, another quarter use it as a second language and the rest use it to ask directions and travel.