1. The History of the English Language
The language was written in an alphabet called Runic, deriving from the Celtic languages. ... French therefore, became the language of the Norman aristocracy and added more vocabulary to English, more pairs of similar words thus arising: (Cuddon p.804) French English Reply Answer Odor Smell Demand Ask Chamber Room Power Might Desire Wish Because the English lower class cooked for the Norman upper class, words for most domestic animals are English and retained the Germanic form (cow, sheep, deer), while the words for the meats coming from these animals, which were eaten by the aristoc...
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