The vocabulary of Old English consisted of an Anglo-Saxon base with borrowed words from the Scandinavian languages of Danish and Norse and of Latin. ... French therefore, became the language of the Norman aristocracy and added more vocabulary to English, more pairs of similar words thus arising: (Cuddon p.804) French English Reply Answer Odor Smell Demand Ask Chamber Room Power Might Desire Wish Because the English lower class cooked for the Norman upper class, words for most domestic animals are English and retained the Germanic form (cow, sheep, deer), while the words for the meat...

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English, this sole word describes more than just a country, a type of people, or their language. When it is read, it's like if you where reading through time, its incredible to think, that the language English, as we know it today was completely different two hundred years ago. Even more so five cen...

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There are several important events before 1500 that when listed together show a series of steps in the struggle for English language supremacy. These steps are mainly governmental, legal and official events that pushed English usage. In 1356 The Sheriff's Court in London and Middlesex were conducted in English for the first time. When Parliament opened in 1362 the Statute of Pleading was issued declaring English as a language of the courts as well as of Parliament, but it was not until 1413 that English became the official language of the courts everywhere. Thirteen years later in ...

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