The Messy History Of English Language - Deepstash

The Messy History Of English Language

The long travels of Anglo-Saxon tribes in the 5th Century, the Viking invasions a few centuries later and the Norman Conquest in the 11th century ensured that the wandering English men transmuted their language without any oversight or direction.

The English language basically picked the pockets of other languages and kept their vocabulary.

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