https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy en-us 2016-05-31 08:20:28 UTC 2025-11-17 20:30:17 UTC hello@padlet.com https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/2c/f4/e0/2cf4e0817542886901ebed5b6cc5f692.jpg 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113137456 2016-05-31 08:26:45 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113137456 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113137488 2016-05-31 08:27:09 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113137488 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113137505 2016-05-31 08:27:26 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113137505 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113139330 French borrowings peppered academic writing; symbol of prestige and erudition]]> 2016-05-31 08:45:00 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113139330 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113140187 Latinate affixes were used to coin medical terms for newly discovered illnesses]]> 2016-05-31 08:52:45 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113140187 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113140228 New ‘-ologies’ showed higher status of academia and specialisation ]]> 2016-05-31 08:53:12 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113140228 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113140252 Rise of the progressive passive, e.g. 'the building is being built']]> 2016-05-31 08:53:25 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113140252 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113140301 Decline of the subjunctive after ‘if’ or ‘unless’, e.g. ‘unless I be’ or ‘if I were’ ]]> 2016-05-31 08:53:55 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113140301 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113140321 Increasing use of got, e.g. ‘it got broken’]]> 2016-05-31 08:54:09 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113140321 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113140359 Split infinitive was viewed as sign of linguistic deterioration]]> 2016-05-31 08:54:29 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113140359 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113140391 Fronted adverbials ]]> 2016-05-31 08:54:44 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113140391 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113140413 London became the world’s largest city and cultural capital of the British Empire]]> 2016-05-31 08:55:04 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113140413 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113140465 North-south divide]]> 2016-05-31 08:55:27 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113140465 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113140501 Profound patriotism; national pride]]> 2016-05-31 08:55:42 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113140501 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113140545 Geographical integration through improved transport]]> 2016-05-31 08:56:03 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113140545 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113140574 Imperialism and the growth of the British Empire spurred conflicts but also advances in science, trade and exploration]]> 2016-05-31 08:56:18 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113140574 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113140630 American English developed as a distinct variety]]> 2016-05-31 08:56:45 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113140630 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113140646 After the Napoleonic Wars (1799-1815), the British Empire controlled 1/4 of the world's population and 1/3 of the land ]]> 2016-05-31 08:56:58 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113140646 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113140693 Europe's population doubled to >400 million]]> 2016-05-31 08:57:24 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113140693 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113140716 Colonisation spread English across the world, and led to the emergence of pidgins and creoles]]> 2016-05-31 08:57:48 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113140716 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113140760 Increased understanding of anatomy and disease prevention, e.g. antiseptics, anaesthetics ]]> 2016-05-31 08:58:23 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113140760 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113140808 1877: Phonograph invented by Edison, enabling recording and replaying of sound]]> 2016-05-31 08:59:03 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113140808 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113140846 By 1890, artists could record their songs on records]]> 2016-05-31 08:59:39 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113140846 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113141151 New emphasis on empirical and inductive methodology; status of scientists was rising]]> 2016-05-31 09:03:09 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113141151 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113141274 John Snow's rigorous investigation into cholera pioneered scientific methodology and contributed to the study of epidemiology]]> 2016-05-31 09:04:34 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113141274 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113141347 1833: Britain abolishes slavery]]> 2016-05-31 09:05:23 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113141347 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113141378 New language of freedom and human rights]]> 2016-05-31 09:05:41 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113141378 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113141421 Sports developed in UK and USA, e.g. volleyball, baseball, rugby]]> 2016-05-31 09:06:08 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113141421 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113141470 1850: Public Libraries Act gave local boroughs the right to establish free public libraries]]> 2016-05-31 09:06:42 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113141470 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113141527 Literacy became a state concern]]> 2016-05-31 09:07:14 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113141527 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113141566 1870: Elementary Education Act introduces compulsory education for children aged 5-12yrs]]> 2016-05-31 09:07:37 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113141566 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113141622 Still no national standard of education]]> 2016-05-31 09:08:05 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113141622 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113141635 Working class families however wanted their children to be economically active]]> 2016-05-31 09:08:14 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113141635 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113141722 School boards were established to build, maintain and regulate schools in their catchment area. In 1870, 4 women were voted onto these boards, giving them a say in education]]> 2016-05-31 09:08:54 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113141722 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113141895 'Ragged schools' were charitable organisations that provided education for destitute children in working-class districts of the rapidly expanding industrial towns]]> 2016-05-31 09:10:08 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113141895 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113142051 More readers meant more genres]]> 2016-05-31 09:11:03 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113142051 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113142216 Darwin's theory of evolution challenged conservative Christianity's teaching of creationism]]> 2016-05-31 09:12:39 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113142216 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113142301 Christian notions of morality and 'correct' behaviour still prevalent ]]> 2016-05-31 09:13:26 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113142301 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113142358 Huge focus on etiquette and politeness]]> 2016-05-31 09:13:53 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113142358 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113142376 Nudity, sex and bodily functions were taboo subjects]]> 2016-05-31 09:14:06 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113142376 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113142428 Children were expected to be deferential to anyone in authority]]> 2016-05-31 09:14:29 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113142428 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113142471 Rigid notions of gender]]> 2016-05-31 09:14:51 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113142471 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113142498 Women expected to dress, talk and behave modestly]]> 2016-05-31 09:15:05 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113142498 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113142599 Rich people believed they had a moral duty to help the poor. Philanthropic culture guilt-tripped people into being altruistic ]]> 2016-05-31 09:16:06 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113142599 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113142684 Makwish, sentimental approach to poor children; they were deemed deserving of help, whereas adults were viewed with disdain]]> 2016-05-31 09:16:59 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113142684 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113142731 Development of railways in 1840s contributed to development of national press ]]> 2016-05-31 09:17:40 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113142731 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113142788 Dialect levelling hastened by dissemination of Standard English]]> 2016-05-31 09:18:10 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113142788 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113142860 Rising bourgeoise and new, literate generation broadened the market for newspapers]]> 2016-05-31 09:18:50 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113142860 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113142927 Rotary printing press made printing more efficient]]> 2016-05-31 09:19:33 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113142927 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113142998 People would read cover-to-cover, whereas today they just skim-read]]> 2016-05-31 09:20:10 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113142998 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113143022 Broadsides were cheap, single sheets published weekly. Like today's tabloids, they discussed gossip, scandal and crime. They were lurid, salacious, xenophobic, voyeuristic and simple. They had a high picture-text ratio. Aimed at working classes.]]> 2016-05-31 09:20:23 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113143022 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113143174 In 1842 the first weekly illustrated newspaper was printed: the Illustrated London News. Images were printed using engravings]]> 2016-05-31 09:22:04 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113143174 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113143200 It wasn’t until the 1870s that photographs began sporadically appearing in newspapers ]]> 2016-05-31 09:22:22 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113143200 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113143235 1879: Philological Society and Oxford University Press began working on a new dictionary]]> 2016-05-31 09:22:44 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113143235 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113143299 James Murray appointed editor]]> 2016-05-31 09:23:14 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113143299 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113143324 Murray's aim: "exhibit the actual variety of usage"]]> 2016-05-31 09:23:24 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113143324 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113143398 Includes obsolete, outmoded, fashionable, slang, technical and field-specific terms]]> 2016-05-31 09:24:05 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113143398 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113143418 Included etymologies, diachronic semantic shifts, word families, pronunciations, citations from numerous sources]]> 2016-05-31 09:24:18 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113143418 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113143474 Compiled with thorough methodology that reflected contemporary focus on classification]]> 2016-05-31 09:24:59 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113143474 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113143524 Paradigm of lexicography]]> 2016-05-31 09:25:35 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113143524 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113143653 1884: first fascicle published]]> 2016-05-31 09:27:02 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113143653 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113144826 By 1837, Noah Webster's 'Elementary Spelling Book' had sold 15 million copies]]> 2016-05-31 09:40:28 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113144826 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113144938 Webster's blue-backed speller proposed some orthographical changes:
- jail
- traveled 
- center 
- humor
- mask
- public
- soop
- wimmen 
- tung]]> 2016-05-31 09:41:42 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113144938 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113145762 Webster thought the newly independent America should have its own American English dictionary - a repository of the  US identity  ]]> 2016-05-31 09:48:53 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113145762 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113146032 1806: Webster publishes A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language]]> 2016-05-31 09:51:39 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113146032 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113146084 1828: Webster publishes An American Dictionary of the English Language. This had 70,000 entries, and evoked strong national pride as it outdid Johnson's]]> 2016-05-31 09:52:14 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113146084 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113146303 AMERICAN DICTIONARY]]> 2016-05-31 09:54:23 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113146303 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113146324 OED]]> 2016-05-31 09:54:36 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113146324 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113146430 NEWSPAPER]]> 2016-05-31 09:55:41 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113146430 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113146458 SOCIAL ATTITUDES]]> 2016-05-31 09:56:03 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113146458 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113146494 DEVELOPMENTS/INVENTIONS]]> 2016-05-31 09:56:22 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113146494 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113146515 LITERACY]]> 2016-05-31 09:56:46 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113146515 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113146534 GLOBAL ENGLISH]]> 2016-05-31 09:56:57 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113146534 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113146557 GREAT BRITAIN]]> 2016-05-31 09:57:15 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113146557 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113146609 People were much more deferential, revering figures of authority ]]> 2016-05-31 09:57:48 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113146609 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113146655 People held their intellectual, social and economic superiors in high regard]]> 2016-05-31 09:58:20 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113146655 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113146685 Marx deemed this 'false class consciousness' a product of ideological control to which the proletariat are ignorant/happy to accept, even though it hinders upward mobility]]> 2016-05-31 09:58:41 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113146685 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113146878 2016-05-31 10:01:21 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113146878 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113147325 2016-05-31 10:07:09 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113147325 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113147358 Celebrity endorsement - allying brand with prestigious customers; appeal to aspirational society]]> 2016-05-31 10:07:30 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113147358 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113147679 Customer testimonials in narrative structure/dramatisation]]> 2016-05-31 10:11:59 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113147679 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113147699 Fictitious research]]> 2016-05-31 10:12:21 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113147699 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113147708 No statistics]]> 2016-05-31 10:12:30 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113147708 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113147760 Rise of branding; increased awareness of marketing. Branding enables you to trade on your reputation]]> 2016-05-31 10:13:21 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113147760 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113147810 Latinate lexis is authoritative; presents text producer as erudite and trustworthy]]> 2016-05-31 10:14:13 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113147810 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113147838 Aimed at upper-classes; they would be reading the newspapers and had the luxury to afford the goods being advertised. Also, if a shop can afford to advertise it probably has a lucrative income, which would only come from its lucrative customers]]> 2016-05-31 10:14:48 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113147838 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113147910 How does it anticipate modern adverts?]]> 2016-05-31 10:15:53 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113147910 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113147930 What is being advertised? Does it rely on transatlantic trade? Is it an export from a colony?]]> 2016-05-31 10:16:12 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113147930 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113148003 Female clothing trends often mimicked male norms]]> 2016-05-31 10:16:40 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113148003 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113148014 Different notion of 'shop': over-the counter; no chains]]> 2016-05-31 10:16:53 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113148014 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113148086 Different values used to promote product: prestige, class, authority, wealth]]> 2016-05-31 10:17:36 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113148086 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113148117 Lack of nutritional knowledge meant that foods might be promoted for their health benefits when in fact they're carcinogenic! ]]> 2016-05-31 10:18:05 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113148117 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113148176 Fat was seen as a good thing]]> 2016-05-31 10:18:52 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113148176 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113148200 Nationalistic promotion of British manufacturing origins]]> 2016-05-31 10:19:12 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113148200 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113148221 Formal and polite; deference to customer?]]> 2016-05-31 10:19:27 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113148221 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113148240 No personal/direct-address; respectful of intended audience]]> 2016-05-31 10:19:41 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113148240 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113148271 Less pressure to be memorable; often text-dense as they tried to be as informative as possible]]> 2016-05-31 10:20:01 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113148271 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113148375 Rising consumerism]]> 2016-05-31 10:21:06 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113148375 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113148385 Less competition]]> 2016-05-31 10:21:20 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113148385 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113148929 1852: German linguist Jacob Grimm called English "the language of the world"]]> 2016-05-31 10:28:01 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113148929 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113149036 Borrowed words from colonies, e.g. 
- Australia: kangaroo, boomerang
- India: pyjamas, bungalow, shampoo, candy]]> 2016-05-31 10:29:20 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113149036 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113149128 Increasing concern over the potential fragmentation of English into mutually unintelligible languages]]> 2016-05-31 10:30:32 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113149128 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113149307 A standard variety of American English was emerging despite the wave of immigration in the latter half of the century]]> 2016-05-31 10:32:47 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113149307 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113169497 Some words were exported from America to Britain, including movie, teenager, jeans, nearby, worthwhile, hindsight and graveyard]]> 2016-05-31 13:17:43 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113169497 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113169794 Britain officially settled in New Zealand in 1840]]> 2016-05-31 13:19:14 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113169794 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113169824 Britain began settling in South Africa in 1820]]> 2016-05-31 13:19:25 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113169824 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113170033 British colonies were Anglicised by their invaders]]> 2016-05-31 13:20:33 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113170033 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113170416 1847: the first Merriam-Webster dictionary is published]]> 2016-05-31 13:22:53 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113170416 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113170481 Romantic novels were published to satiate the appetite of Victorian Britain]]> 2016-05-31 13:23:15 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113170481 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113170580 Prudish]]> 2016-05-31 13:23:54 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113170580 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113170841 inmate: inhabitant of any sort]]> 2016-05-31 13:25:20 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113170841 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113170917 genius: general intelligence]]> 2016-05-31 13:25:31 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113170917 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113170989 regard: genuine affection]]> 2016-05-31 13:25:47 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113170989 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113171044 irritation: excitement]]> 2016-05-31 13:26:02 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113171044 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113171089 to lounge: to stroll]]> 2016-05-31 13:26:12 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113171089 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113185243 to essay: to attempt]]> 2016-05-31 14:38:14 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113185243 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113185688 'Correct' grammar and polysyllabic, Latinate lexis carried cultural capital]]> 2016-05-31 14:40:12 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113185688 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113185998 1871: decriminalisation of trade unions]]> 2016-05-31 14:41:30 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113185998 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113186125 Age of industrialisation and urbanisation]]> 2016-05-31 14:42:10 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113186125 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113186273 1854-6: Crimean war]]> 2016-05-31 14:42:51 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113186273 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113186543 1825: first train passengers ]]> 2016-05-31 14:44:14 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113186543 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113186673 'railway' soon became a modifier]]> 2016-05-31 14:44:56 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113186673 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113186933 Telegraph enabled people to transmit messages long-distance]]> 2016-05-31 14:46:24 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113186933 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113187083 "steam, electricity, and education—are surely killing dialects" (Nicholson, 1889)]]> 2016-05-31 14:47:13 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113187083 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113187188 1873: English Dialect Society is formed to record different dialects ]]> 2016-05-31 14:47:49 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113187188 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113188686 Didot family develops 'modern face' in France, making the long S redundant]]> 2016-05-31 14:55:34 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113188686 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113188781 1814: Steam printing press mechanises book production]]> 2016-05-31 14:56:05 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113188781 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113188831 1843: rotary printing press uses paper on a roll]]> 2016-05-31 14:56:26 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113188831 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113188886 1864: Henry Alford publishes A Plea for the Queen's English]]> 2016-05-31 14:56:49 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113188886 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113190995 Going to 'town' meant going to London]]> 2016-05-31 15:08:10 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/113190995 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/114404541 2016-06-12 09:20:04 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/114404541 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/114404923 2016-06-12 09:35:43 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/114404923 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/114405370 2016-06-12 09:53:31 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/114405370 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/114406027 2016-06-12 10:24:57 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/114406027 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/114406267 2016-06-12 10:35:05 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/114406267 406281 https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/114406276 2016-06-12 10:35:37 UTC https://padlet.com/406281/wsklrugwtowy/wish/114406276