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Modern-ish English
Just the Facts
100
The event that happened in Roman history that allowed for the very beginnings of the English language to happen.
What is the collapse of the Roman Empire?
100
Anglo-Saxons spoke this type of language with no alphabet.
What is Germanic?
100
William the Conqueror invaded Hastings in 1066, forcing England to speak this language.
What is French or Norman-French?
100
Most English words are from these languages and every time this happened, the language changed.
What is Latin, French, Germanic, or Greek and invasion.
100
English is or is not classified as a Germanic language.
What is "is"?
200
The Language of the Romans
What is Latin?
200
Anglo-Saxons treated the Celts in this manner.
What is unkindly, cruelly, unfairly, etc.
200
French invaders married these women; and this is what happens to languages when 2 different groups of people get married.
What is English; blended or merged ?
200
The English language also changes through the invention of new words, called this. Arguably, the greatest English maker-upper is from Stratford who used 17,677 words in his writing and of those words, 1,705 of those words were new words.
What is neologism; William Shakespeare?
200
English does or does not contain a growing number of Spanish words.
What is "does"?
300
The Romans borrowed many words, ideas, and mythological gods and goddesses from these people.
Who are the Greeks?
300
These are the Scandinavian pirates and this what they did to England (in addition to the robbing and killing).
Who are the Vikings and they invaded or raided?
300
The French language is based on roots from this language.
What is Latin?
300
During the Renaissance, English gained at least this many new words.
What is 10,000?
300
The English language does or does not contain a lot of synonyms.
What is "does"?
400
The Romans colonized England for about this many years.
What is 400?
400
The Viking Danes and Norsemen raided England for this many years until King Alfred brought peace.
What is more than 100 years?
400
Although William the Conqueror forced England to speak French, in reality what type of people spoke French and what type people continued to speak English?
What is aristocrats and commoners?
400
The Renaissance birthed many scientific words with this type of roots, like telescope and they also borrowed words from their colonization of North America, like this word.
What is Greek and raccoon, opossum,...?
400
English is or is not still adopting new foreign words?
What is "is"?
500
These people lived in England prior to the invasions.
Who are the Celts?
500
Names of 3 early Germanic groups that invaded England.
Who are: Angles, Saxons, Jutes, or Friesians?
500
Many French words came into English, including this word:
What is prairie, antique, ...?
500
These 2 books contributed to the spread of the English language.
What are the King James Bible and ___ Dictionary?
500
Many English words are formed with prefixes, roots, and this morpheme. A morpheme contains clues about what a word ______. And a complex or long word with many morphemes can also be called this__________.
What is suffix, mean, and sesquipedalian?
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