1. A lot of germanic tribes came in, such as the Anglos and the Saxons, they gave us the term ‘anglo-saxon’.
2. The Romans left some straight roads behind, but not so many words of their Latin. On the contrary, the anglo-saxon words allowed every-day things, like house, woman and dog, thus they became more popular.
3. The Christian missionaries introduced words like ‘bishop’, ‘font’ and ‘martyr’ that began the way people thought about faith.
4. In 800 a.C. the Vikings came along with new words like ‘thrust’, ‘die’ and around 2,000 words before they left : ‘Behold that man with the big axe!’
5. In 1066, William the Conqueror arrived on Hastings coast and went all the way to London both land and language. He brought along with him words like ‘beef’, ‘lamb’ and ‘pork’ from French kitchen; judge, jury, evidence and justice for the legal courts. The English absorbed about 10,000 new words from French.
6. After the ‘100-years war’, the English took over and English language prevailed the English people’s minds.
7. Between 1564 and 1616, about 2,000 words were invented by William Shakespeare. He enjoyed new words to provide his characters with a new speech.
8. The King James Bible allowed all kinds of men the Holy Scriptures. Phrases like ‘going the extra mile’, ‘all thing to all men’,’ the leppard can’t change its spots’,’ a bird in a hand is worth two in the bush’ and ‘a wolf in sheep’s clothing is part of the spot’ were integrated into daily speech.
9. The English for science had men with gravity.
10. British scientists like Robert Hooke and Robert Boyle and so many other physicists soon realized they couldn’t explain everything only Latin, so they started their theories in English.
11. Due to the quick development of science in Britain, English scientists discussed lay English words.
12. The Royal Academy was formed together scientists like Isaac Newton and the two Roberts.
13. The expansion of the British Empire allowed more news words from the conquered lands, like ‘barbecue’, ‘cannibal’ and ‘canoe’.
14. Later on, the British Army arrived in Australia, India and Africa the language with words like ‘nugget’, ‘walkabout’ ,’zombie’ and ‘yoga’.
15. During the Dictionary Era, new words kept on invented, like ‘coupon’, ‘casino’ and ‘bonanza’.
16. Oxford created his own dictionary a group of lexicographers for 70 years.
17. British pilgrims went to new lands, there they found unknown animals like ‘racoon’ and ‘moose’.
18. When different nationalities started living together in America, daily needs had the Englishmen admit foreign words, like ‘pretzel’, ‘cookie’ and ‘pizza’.
19. In the late 20th century, people liked long words, for it took a long time to pronounce them or write them. Thus, acronyms became popular.
20. Before the internet, people enjoyed and while a cup of coffee.
21. Then, when the internet invaded, people preferred while at home.
22. The use of new technical words like ‘reboot’, ‘upload’ and ‘file’ saved time people to communicate faster.
23. We may now stop English language ‘English’ for it is more a global language.