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Guest Posted 23 years ago
Grammar

Origins of the English language (Guest:Betty Choate)

When and where did the English Language start?
  

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htm "West Germanic invaders from Jutland and southern Denmark: the Angles (whose name is the source of the words England and English), Saxons, and Jutes, began populating the British Isles in the fifth and sixth centuries AD. They spoke a mutually intelligible language, similar to modern Frisian- the language of northeastern region of the Netherlands -that is called Old English. "

— Jason13_32

  • htm "West Germanic invaders from Jutland and southern Denmark: the Angles (whose name is the source of the words England and English), Saxons, and Jutes, began populating the British Isles in the fifth and sixth centuries AD.
  • They spoke a mutually intelligible language, similar to modern Frisian- the language of northeastern region of the Netherlands -that is called Old English.
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http://www.wordorigins.org/histeng.htm

"West Germanic invaders from Jutland and southern Denmark: the Angles (whose name is the source of the words England and English), Saxons, and Jutes, began populating the British Isles in the fifth and sixth centuries AD.

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hehe, I remember studying that! Cool info Jason..

also,
- Example of an old letter
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