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Anglo-Saxon
Romans leave Britain and germanic tribes come in, 4 of our current week days came from the Anglo-Saxon gods, Missionaries brought latin and introduced it to English -
1066
The Norman Conquest
William the Conqueror comes to Britain and conquers it, French gets mixed in with English, French is used for more official business. -
1550
Shakespeare
Shakespeare invents 2000 new words/phrases, He gave English a beautiful side, Brought the idea of theatre, Created the word Alligator. -
The King James Bible
Extended all throughout the world, Began a whole glossary of metaphors, Started some issues questioning morality, -
The English of Science
Invented words like cardiac, Concept of gravity created, Used latin in sciences until they stopped. -
English & Empire
English started colonizing the rest of the world, It acquired a many words from Africa, Australia and India, Every colony left new varieties of English to develop. -
The Age of the Dictionary
Dictionaries generalized English so it would be spelled correctly, in 1857 the Oxford English Dictionary is written, It took 3 generations to finish the OED. -
American English
The newest colonies used native words to describe unknown things, As more colonists arrived more words came into English, When movies and music emerged in England Americans used the words. -
Internet English
Language reverts to type, New terminologies were used to describe internet things, Conversations became shorter because of abreviations -
Global English
Settlers got English started and it snowballed into what it is today, It has words from over 350 languages, 1.5 billion people speak English
