Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold History of English by McWhorter John

Author:McWhorter, John [McWhorter, John]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Gotham Books
Published: 2008-10-29T16:00:00+00:00

This even includes people as influential as the kings of England who, for a while, were men of Norman birth who likely did not even speak English. Think about it—let’s imagine that the king does speak English, but as a second language, like, say, Maurice Chevalier. You, on the other hand, talk like Eric Idle. If you ever actually heard the king speak—and that’s a big “if,” especially since there’s no radio or TV—no matter what esteem you hold the king in, why would you start walking around talking like him, so consistently that your children hear you talking only that way? If by chance you really were so odd a person, what would the chances be that whole villages would take to doing what you were doing, 24/7, for a century?

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