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. "
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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.
"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
also,
- Example of an old letter
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