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The EXCITING, MIND BLOWING History of ENGLISH!!!

The EXCITING, MIND BLOWING History of ENGLISH!!!. Brain Stretcher. What do the following words have in common? Baxter Brewster Spinster. Question Time. Which language or languages are NOT related to English? Chinese French Romanian Persian / Farsi Greek Sanskrit. Did you know….?.

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The EXCITING, MIND BLOWING History of ENGLISH!!!

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  1. The EXCITING, MIND BLOWING History of ENGLISH!!!

  2. Brain Stretcher • What do the following words have in common? • Baxter • Brewster • Spinster

  3. Question Time • Which language or languages are NOT related to English? • Chinese • French • Romanian • Persian / Farsi • Greek • Sanskrit

  4. Did you know….? England, the home of English, is named for some of our wonderful “barbarian” friends. HINT: What is the French for England?

  5. Old English (500 – 1100)The first epic poem in English

  6. The Lord's Prayer (Old English - Anglo-Saxon) • Fæderureþuþeeart on heofonum; • Si þinnamagehalgod • to becumeþin rice • gewurþeðinwilla • on eorðanswaswa on heofonum. • urnegedæghwamlicanhlafsyle us todæg • and forgyf us uregyltas • swaswa we forgyfaðurumgyltendum • and ne gelædþu us on costnunge • ac alys us of yfelesoþlice Translation of Old English Text

  7. The Danes / Vikings / Norse (800)

  8. Viking Words • Wind-eye • Uggligr • Berserk • Knifr • Husbondi • Freckle • Kaka (not what you think!) • Elf & troll • Scream • They / them / their And 100’s more!

  9. Middle English (1100 – 1500) • Marked by the coming of the Normans…

  10. English becomes the THIRD language after French and Latin. • The French were the rulers so all of the fancy words and words concerning government came from French. Words concerning common everyday stuff remained English.

  11. Name that Animal / Food • Moo • Oink • Baa

  12. Is it French (Latin) or is it English? • Swan / cygnet • Demand / ask • Wish / desire • Room / chamber • Liberty / freedom

  13. Famous Middle English Poem by Geoffrey Chaucer

  14. Whan that aprill with his shouressooteThe droghte of march hath perced to the roote, And bathed every veyne in swichlicourOf which vertuengendred is the flour; Whanzephirus eek with his sweetebreethInspired hath in every holt and heethTendrecroppes, and the yongesonneHath in the ram his halve coursyronne, And smalefowelesmakenmelodye, That slepen al the nyght with open ye (so priketh hem nature in hircorages); Thannelongen folk to goon on pilgrimages, And palmeres for to sekenstraungestrondes, To fernehalwes, kowthe in sondrylondes; And specially from every shires endeOf engelond to caunterbury they wende, The hoolyblisfulmartir for to seke, That hem hath holpenwhan that they were seeke. • Here begins the Book of the Tales of CanterburyWhen April with his showers sweet with fruitThe drought of March has pierced unto the rootAnd bathed each vein with liquor that has powerTo generate therein and sire the flower;When Zephyr also has, with his sweet breath,Quickened again, in every holt and heath,The tender shoots and buds, and the young sunInto the Ram one half his course has run,And many little birds make melodyThat sleep through all the night with open eye(So Nature pricks them on to ramp and rage)-Then do folk long to go on pilgrimage,And palmers to go seeking out strange strands,To distant shrines well known in sundry lands.And specially from every shire's endOf England they to Canterbury wend,The holy blessed martyr there to seek

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