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The Romans leave Britain, leaving some of their Latin language.
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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.
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stole in, bringing more Latin and Christianity, along with words such as 'martyr', 'bishop' and 'font'.
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brought about 2,000 new words and phrases, with words like 'fast', 'die', 'drag' and 'ransack'.
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William the Conqueror invaded England
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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.
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A long struggle over the succession to the French throne. (116 years)
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Born in 1564
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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. -
King James I authorized an English translation of the Bible.
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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.
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Dr. Samuel Johnson wrote the Dictionary of the English Language. It was 18 inches tall and contained 42,773 entries.
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A new book was being created, and it took 70 years to be finished
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Jazz appeared and new words as well.
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The first e-mail was sent
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The Internet arrived. People could share ideas, likes, dislikes and pictures.
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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.