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East Indian company
- Founded to manage trade between India and Britain. -Calcutta was the Capitol. -The local language in Calcutta is Bengali. The national is Hindi. -English was the trade language. -Some words between Indian English and British English are false twins. -A Dictionary was written, called Hobson Jobson. -Opened up new culture, native Indians wanted to learn English. -Binglish and Hinglish are used well in media. -But not everyone uses English.
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English settlers inte the Caribbean
-A new form of English was formed: Creole.
-Was like simplified english.
-Allowed communication between slaves and the sailors.
-Creole borrowed words from the indigenous people and from English as well as their own native language.
-Some words we use today originated from Creole, for example tobacco and hammock,
-The language varies between the islands, in some areas Creole is closer to English. (Jamaica = different and Barbados = closer)
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First fleet in Australia
-Criminals from Britain was transported to Australia to start a new life there.
-Before the travel the criminals used slang like flash which means "swag" (swag means robbery).
-The fleet consisted mostly of men and their guards, there were less women than men.
-Many did not know how to farm and because of that many starved to death,
-The new environment also caused problems and contributed to the food problem.
-Overtime early settlers lost their British accent.
-Pom/Pommie = British