Norman English
Shakespeare/The Bible/Science
English and Empire
Age of Dictionary
American English/The Internet/Globish
100
The English Language is spoken today because of the direct result of this conquest
What is the Norman Conquest?
100
He was considered the greatest author in the English language.
Who is Shakespeare?
100
Words such as: barbeque, canoe, rum were incorporated into English from this area of the world.
What is the Caribbean?
100
This profession studies and compiles words.
What is a lexicographer?
100
This culture in the Americas used words such as: raccoon, squash, moose which were incorporated into English.
Who are the Native Americans?
200
This type of English is very different from that spoken by the English prior to the Conquest.
What is Modern English?
200
This is approximately the amount of words that were coined by Shakespeare.
What is 2000?
200
Words such as: yoga, bungalow were incorporated into English from this area of the world.
What is India?
200
This author wrote the“Dictionary of the English Language”
Who is Dr. Johnson?
200
These immigrants brought to the Americas words such as: coleslaw, cookies which were incorporated into English.
Who are the Dutch?
300
The Conqueror who brought french words from the Norman Conquest.
Who is William?
300
The King James Bible was published this many years ago.
What is 400 years?
300
Words such as: voodoo, zombie were incorporated into English from this area of the world.
What is Africa?
300
It took Dr. Johnson approximately this amount of time to write the“Dictionary of the English Language”
What is 9 years?
300
The first e-mail was sent during this year.
What is 1972?
400
The amount of words brought to English by the Normans.
What is 10,000?
400
This was once the language of science in Europe.
What is Latin?
400
Words such as: nugget, boomerang were incorporated into English from this area of the world.
What is Australia?
400
It took this amount of time to complete The Oxford English Dictionary.
What is 70 years?
400
This is the abbreviation for "laugh out loud" in cyber language.
What is LoL?
500
The date in which Normans brought their language to Britain.
When is 1066?
500
Researchers began to move away from Latin in this century.
What is 17th century?
500
The British Empire took the English language on tour during these years.
What is 1583-1914?
500
The Oxford English Dictionary has been continually revised since this year.
What is 1928?
500
This is the amount of people that currently speak English in the world according to the "History of English" video. (The Open University, 2011)
What is 1.5 billion?
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