My Researches On English

The History of English Podcast Notes

= Part One: Introduction =

English absorbed so many french words. It became a larger language. Instead of rejecting change, the English language took new words and continued to be a bigger language. This is what makes the English language a non-disappearing language. It holds its existence in this way. There are three periods of English language: Old English, Middle English, and Modern English which we talk today. Shakespeare is considered as in modern English because we can read his works today without a translation. 

My individual note about Middle English: It is like a Russian person speaking English. There is too much emphasis on the word "r", which sounds a little annoying to me. Though, understanding it is easy, not that hard. 

English did not come from German, nor did German come from English. They each came from an older shared language. 

Old English were spoken by Anglo-Saxons who were Germanic-speaking tribes from northern Germany and modern-day Denmark. 

My individual note about Old English: I literally didn't understand any word. It definitely doesn't sound like English. It's like Old English was a totally different language to me :D Middle English is more understandable. 

=Part Two: Indo-European Discovery=

Modern English is a blend of a lot of languages: Anglo-Saxon English, Norman French, Latin, Greek, Old Norse Languages, Scandinavia, and even some Celtic influences. All of these languages have one thing in common: They all evolved from Indo-Europeans.