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Old English would confuse anyone today. It is nothing like it is today.
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Germanic tribes invade england, who are speaking celtic. The tribes that invaded England spoke a language called Englisc.
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He brought the French language and when he invaded the became the language of the court, the goverment, and the upper class. Lower class people still used the modified ( middle english) english.
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The Great Vowel shift was a time where the pronunciation of the English language was changed. This only affects the large vowels ("tense"). This is the beggining of modern english.
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Chacher writes a poem in Middle English called The Canterbury Tales.
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English is changing just like in The Great Vowel Shift. Old vowels keep shortning and a lot of new words and phrases are added. The printing press is invented and books become more popular. More people learn to read because of this.
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In 1533 Queen Elizebeth is born.
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She become the Queen regnant of England.
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He is considered one of the greatest writers ever. He has written many great plays translated into every great language. He writes in early mondern english.
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Table Alphabeticall is the first english dictionary. It was only 120 pages and only used the words people never used a lot
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This is what we speak today.
