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Anon: No one person told his family one day, "I'm going to be speaking a new language from now on. I call it English" English was never invented. English evolved over thousands of years from other languages - Old German is its main root, but also Old French, Latin, Greek, Briton, and old Norse.
- Anon: No one person told his family one day, "I'm going to be speaking a new language from now on.
- I call it English" English was never invented.
- English evolved over thousands of years from other languages - Old German is its main root, but also Old French, Latin, Greek, Briton, and old Norse.
- Old English is accepted by scholars to exist after the invasion of the British Isles by the Jutes and Angles (They spoke Old German).
- This was around 550 AD.
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No one person told his family one day, "I'm going to be speaking a new language from now on. I call it English" English was never invented.
English evolved over thousands of years from other languages - Old German is its main root, but also Old French, Latin, Greek, Briton, and old Norse. . Old English is accepted by scholars to exist after the invasion of the British Isles
No one person told his family one day, "I'm going to be speaking a new language from now on. I call it English" English was never invented.
English evolved over thousands of years from other languages - Old German is its main root, but also Old French, Latin, Greek, Briton, and old Norse. . Old English is accepted by scholars to exist after the invasion of the British Isles
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AlpheccaStarsEnglish was never invented.Very interesting. So I guess my boss was wrong. He said six guys got together in a conference room (more like a cave back then) and worked it all out one day. There were another six guys for Chinese, six for Arabic, etc. I never knew why six.
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CalifJimAlpheccaStarsEnglish was never invented.Very interesting. So I guess my boss was wrong. He said six guys got together in a conference room (more like a cave back then) and worked it all out one day. There were another six guys for Chinese, six for Arabic, etc. I never knew why six.
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