By Dialects, English vocabulary

Anonymous wrote: First of all, I would like to introduce myself as a native born American of native born American parents. I would like to comment in regard to my observation of foreign born people and their use of English. Of those people I have known from other countries, even those who...

I repeat what I said elswhere: The notion that there is something such as the purity of a language (English or any other) that can be preserved is entirely misconceived. Let's go back roughly 1500 years to when Germanic tribes started to settle in Britain. They are believed to have come from...

The notion that there is something such as the purity of a language (English or any other) that can be preserved is entirely misconceived. Let's go back roughly 1500 years to when Germanic tribes started to settle in Britain. They are believed to have come from different parts of what is now...

Hello Mav My understanding about the historical development of the English language is like this: English basically belongs to Teutonic languages along with German, Dutch, and Scandinavian languages. The oldest form of English (Old English/Anglo-Saxon) had been quite similar to present day...