History of English language

Question 1

When did the Romans leave Britain?

Answer 1

410 AD

Question 2

When did the Germanic tribes come over to Britain?

Answer 2

450 AD

Question 3

What Germanic tribes came over to Britain?

Answer 3

Angles, Saxons and the Jutes

Question 4

When did Christian missionaries impact our language?

Answer 4

591 AD

Question 5

What language did we borrow from the church?

Answer 5

Latin

Question 6

When did the Vikings come along?

Answer 6

800 AD

Question 7

When did William the Conqueror invade the English language with the French language?

Answer 7

1066 AD

Question 8

What language was used in church?

Answer 8

Latin

Question 9

What language did most people speak generally during the Norman Conquest?

Answer 9

English

Question 10

How many new words did we gain from the Normans?

Answer 10

10,000

Question 11

The invasion of the Normans ended when the English language took their war lingo like ‘armies’, ‘navy’, and ‘soldiers’ and began what against France?

Answer 11

100 year war (116 years)

Question 12

Which language took over as the language of power after the Norman invasion ended?

Answer 12

English

Question 13

How many new words did Shakespeare invent?

Answer 13

2000

Question 14

What time period was Shakespeare active?

Answer 14

1564-1616

Question 15

What are some idioms that Shakespeare gave us?

Answer 15

Dead as a door nail, good riddance, breaking the ice

Question 16

When was there a new translation of the Bible?

Answer 16

1611

Question 17

What was significant about the new translated Bible?

Answer 17

It was the first major text translated into English and helped to standardise the language. It was therefore also clearer and more accessible to users.

Question 18

In what century did scientists become recognised?

Answer 18

After the 17th century

Question 19

What language did scientists initially converse in?

Answer 19

Latin

Question 20

When did the English language take on languages from other countries across the world?

Answer 20

1583-1914

Question 21

What effect did the English language taking on other language from other countries across the world have?

Answer 21

Left new forms of English varieties to develop across the globe

Question 22

What do we call people who work on dictionaries?

Answer 22

Lexicographers

Question 23

How long did it take to write the first dictionary?

Answer 23

9 years

Question 24

When did Dr Samuel Johnson finish his dictionary?

Answer 24

1755

Question 25

What effect did dictionaries have on the language?

Answer 25

Standardised language and made it easier to understand terms

Question 26

When did the Oxford English Dictionary get invented?

Answer 26

1857

Question 27

When did Brits first land in America?

Answer 27

1607

Question 28

What are some words we borrowed from America?

Answer 28

Raccoon, squash, moose

Question 29

America spread a new language of what in 1914?

Answer 29

Capitalism

Question 30

When was the first email sent?

Answer 30

1972

Question 31

What decades did we start to see internet jargon?

Answer 31

1980s

Question 32

What impact did internet English have upon the length of our language?

Answer 32

Language became shorter and there was more use of abbreviated language

Question 33

How many languages has the English language borrowed terms from?

Answer 33

300+

Question 34

What is the effect of English going global?

Answer 34

Lots of combinations of different forms of English, such as Singlish or Chinglish.