https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ME1 Made with charm en-us 2021-10-08 09:26:22 UTC 2021-10-08 10:11:07 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ME1/wish/1802159495 The transition from Old English to Middle English was the Norman Conquest of 1066]]> 2021-10-08 09:55:03 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ME1/wish/1802159495 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ME1/wish/1802162034 The Norman conquest began the transition from old English to Middle English when William the conqueror invaded Britain. ]]> 2021-10-08 09:56:46 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ME1/wish/1802162034 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ME1/wish/1802163322 The Normans spoke a rural dialect of French with considerable Germanic influences, usually called Anglo-Norman or Norman French.]]> 2021-10-08 09:57:38 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ME1/wish/1802163322 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ME1/wish/1802166428 The normans bequeathed over 10,000 words of English (about 3/4 are still in use today), including a huge number of suffixes. Perhaps predictability many of them related to matters of crown 👑 and nobility ]]> 2021-10-08 10:00:01 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ME1/wish/1802166428 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ME1/wish/1802166545 Normal language became the language of Kings and nobility for more than 300 years]]> 2021-10-08 10:00:06 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ME1/wish/1802166545 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ME1/wish/1802167403 Lower classes continued to speak English ]]> 2021-10-08 10:00:40 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ME1/wish/1802167403 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ME1/wish/1802168217 Two languages merged over time - anglo Saxon and norman]]> 2021-10-08 10:01:15 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ME1/wish/1802168217 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ME1/wish/1802168578 While humble trades retained their Anglo saxon names (Baker) the more skilled trades adopted French names 

]]> 2021-10-08 10:01:32 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ME1/wish/1802168578 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ME1/wish/1802169538 While Anglo-Norman became the verbal language, Latin was still dominant in text, especially administrative and religious texts.]]> 2021-10-08 10:02:10 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ME1/wish/1802169538 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ME1/wish/1802172431 The animals in the field kept their English names however once cooked and served their names become French ]]> 2021-10-08 10:03:22 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ME1/wish/1802172431 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ME1/wish/1802172552 Part 1  Chaucer and the birth of English literature: 
He began writing his famous Cantabury tales in the early 1380s'in English which is critical because text in early English were written in either French or Latin. A shift of language from Latin and French into English. It is considered the first great work of English literature and demonstrated artistic legitimacy of vernacular middle English. 


]]> 2021-10-08 10:03:29 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ME1/wish/1802172552 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ME1/wish/1802172670 Doomsday book written in Latin to emphasise its legal authority ]]> 2021-10-08 10:03:34 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ME1/wish/1802172670 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ME1/wish/1802175262 A handful of French loanwords established themselves only in Scotland (which had increasingly become English in character during the early middle English period) ]]> 2021-10-08 10:05:35 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ME1/wish/1802175262 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ME1/wish/1802175606 More humble jobs such as millers, bakers, shoemakers, etc were English names. Jobs that required more skill more often had French names such as mason, tailor, painted.]]> 2021-10-08 10:05:52 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ME1/wish/1802175606 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ME1/wish/1802176089 2021-10-08 10:06:12 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ME1/wish/1802176089 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ME1/wish/1802176569 It is estimated that up to 85%bof Anglo saxon words were lost as a result of the viking and particularly the normal invasions ]]> 2021-10-08 10:06:36 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ME1/wish/1802176569 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ME1/wish/1802176684 Normans centralised the shires system and systems of accounting grew in sophistication ]]> 2021-10-08 10:06:41 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ME1/wish/1802176684 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ME1/wish/1802177865 In 1066, William 1 invaded thus having a huge impact on the language ]]> 2021-10-08 10:07:34 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ME1/wish/1802177865 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ME1/wish/1802179599 Part 2 Almost 500 different French loan words occur in the Canterbury tales he also introduced many new words into the language up to 2000 were almost certainly words in everyday use in the 14th century. 

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