Re: Why does the meaning (and spelling) of words change?
| From: | David Zitzelsberger <davidz@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, April 19, 2004, 17:46 |
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Remember also that French was the official language of England from William
the conqueror (1066) till 1204.
-----Original Message-----
From: Joe [mailto:joe@WANTAGE.COM]
Sent: Monday, April 19, 2004 10:09 AM
To: CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU
Subject: Re: Why does the meaning (and spelling) of words change?
The story is true as far as it goes. However, the words themselves come
from French, and, as such, it was not an attempt to Frenchify English
words, but simply a lack of Anglicizing French words. Also, it wasn't
that we admired the French, simply that, erm, they invaded us, and
imposed their language on us, meaning that the 'upper class' words
tended to come from French.