When William the Conqueror became King of England, an old dialect of French (Anglo-Norman) became the official language of the country for hundreds of years. William I was from Normandy (present-day France), and French was his main language. Because of William I, the Germanic English language's vocabulary received many borrowed words from French or Latin origin.
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Interesting how a language develops.
That's impressive, surprising too, that French was the official language in England for centuries. Who knew? Not I. Thanks for the info.
xoRobyn
One reason English is such a cool language!
ALOHA from Honolulu
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Wow didn't know that :)
So many stolen words...
Excellent translation.
Interesting post :)
Erz
the same situation as with Serbian and Turkish language....
Somehow borrowing words into english, just made things easier. ;)
mt
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That is why it is such a rich lanuage!
Cool!
Really very interesting!! Anglaterre ...anglo-land. Kisses:)
Mash them together
It's very interesting how languages evolve over time.
The English language became richer for it!
The above comments have said it all! I'm glad I'm a native English speaker and didn't have to learn it as a second language!
I feel like I am back in school when I read your post. So informative. Love the tree scene.
So interesting...
I love our English language and realize we use a lot of other country words..."biscuit"....I never knew until a few years ago that it was a French word. :))
So they kinda cheated
I actually knew this one!
cool fact:)
interesting fact!
In other words England was a colony of France.
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Filip
not exactly, William was not a king of France, but rather a duke of Normandy. His biggest role of power was as king of england.
Very interesting. Makes me wonder how much more languages will develop and change over time.
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