https://padlet.com/jon00031/swalixa4b9s0 en-us 2018-07-31 00:02:46 UTC 2026-01-21 07:32:19 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Rafaelo.png jon00031 https://padlet.com/jon00031/swalixa4b9s0/wish/271493323 The Roman's had control of England at the time. They protected the native Celts from the Germanic tribes who wanted to invade until their Empire crumbled. The Roman's left and the Angles, Saxons and the Jutes invaded England. The languages were combined to make Anglo-Saxon or Old English]]> 2018-07-31 00:10:26 UTC https://padlet.com/jon00031/swalixa4b9s0/wish/271493323 jon00031 https://padlet.com/jon00031/swalixa4b9s0/wish/271494738 Introduced Old Norse to the Old English]]> 2018-07-31 00:20:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jon00031/swalixa4b9s0/wish/271494738 jon00031 https://padlet.com/jon00031/swalixa4b9s0/wish/271495195 Christianity introduced the Latin influence over English]]> 2018-07-31 00:22:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jon00031/swalixa4b9s0/wish/271495195 jon00031 https://padlet.com/jon00031/swalixa4b9s0/wish/271495333 The French speaking Normans introduced 10,000 new words and phrases into English. because there was a French speaking King on the throne - William the Conqueror - social classes were separated by language - French autocracy and the Old English peasants. ]]> 2018-07-31 00:23:32 UTC https://padlet.com/jon00031/swalixa4b9s0/wish/271495333 jon00031 https://padlet.com/jon00031/swalixa4b9s0/wish/271496635 Words for animals such as cow, sheep and pig were named by English farmers. The names of their meat came from the french words - beef, mutton and pork. This language is Middle English. ]]> 2018-07-31 00:34:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jon00031/swalixa4b9s0/wish/271496635 jon00031 https://padlet.com/jon00031/swalixa4b9s0/wish/271497146 War between England and France. English developed warlike terms - armies, navies, soldiers. English won and emerged as  the language of power. ]]> 2018-07-31 00:38:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jon00031/swalixa4b9s0/wish/271497146 jon00031 https://padlet.com/jon00031/swalixa4b9s0/wish/271528647 Shakespeare implemented more than 2,000 new words and phrases. His works were also very influential in shaping the English language and are still studied today. ]]> 2018-07-31 06:26:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jon00031/swalixa4b9s0/wish/271528647 jon00031 https://padlet.com/jon00031/swalixa4b9s0/wish/271529865 When settlers first arrived in America, they named the flora and fauna from words taken from the Indigenous people. American English differed a bit from English English. The American used older English words like "faucet" instead of "taps" and "diapers" instead of "nappies". American English evolved with the influx of immigrants in the US with words such as "cookies' from the Dutch and "Delicatessens" from the German's. ]]> 2018-07-31 06:46:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jon00031/swalixa4b9s0/wish/271529865 jon00031 https://padlet.com/jon00031/swalixa4b9s0/wish/271532756 The King James Bible was the first English translation of the bible. This brought the world of Christianity to English speakers and is still used today. ]]> 2018-07-31 07:24:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jon00031/swalixa4b9s0/wish/271532756 jon00031 https://padlet.com/jon00031/swalixa4b9s0/wish/271532954 The imperialism meant that the English language traveled to many countries in the world, spreading the language as well as developing more vocabulary. Some examples are the words "barbeque" from the Caribbean (1650), "nugget" from Australia (1852), "yoga" from India (1820) and "zombie" from Africa (1871). ]]> 2018-07-31 07:26:52 UTC https://padlet.com/jon00031/swalixa4b9s0/wish/271532954 jon00031 https://padlet.com/jon00031/swalixa4b9s0/wish/271533839 Famous scientists such as Isaac Newton and many more met to discuss their theories and discoveries in England. After discovering Latin was too difficult to understand they switched to their mother tongue - English. From this era cam many words such as "acid" (1626), "gravity" (1641), "tonsil" (1601) and "cardiac" (1601) and many more.]]> 2018-07-31 07:40:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jon00031/swalixa4b9s0/wish/271533839 jon00031 https://padlet.com/jon00031/swalixa4b9s0/wish/271534600 Dr. Johnston's dictionary of the English language was the first dictionary. It had every word at the time so therefore was incredibly thick. By creating the dictionary, he also created the standard form of spelling for words. ]]> 2018-07-31 07:50:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jon00031/swalixa4b9s0/wish/271534600 jon00031 https://padlet.com/jon00031/swalixa4b9s0/wish/271534886 The first edition of the Oxford Dictionary took 70 years to finish. After its completion a second edition was needed as the English language was and is ever changing. Many more editions followed]]> 2018-07-31 07:55:01 UTC https://padlet.com/jon00031/swalixa4b9s0/wish/271534886 jon00031 https://padlet.com/jon00031/swalixa4b9s0/wish/271535792 With the first email came the modern day computer. This revolutionised the English language with technological words such as "download" (1980), "hardrive" (1973) and "reboot" (1982).]]> 2018-07-31 08:07:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jon00031/swalixa4b9s0/wish/271535792 jon00031 https://padlet.com/jon00031/swalixa4b9s0/wish/271536160 With the internet came a whole new way of communicating with the world. It also altered the English language in the way that, attention spans got shorter so people abbreviated words and sentences so that "you" became "u" and "by the way" became "btw" as well as countless other phrases. ]]> 2018-07-31 08:12:33 UTC https://padlet.com/jon00031/swalixa4b9s0/wish/271536160