"Up Yours Caesar"

           I found an interesting animation on the history of English which shows in a humoristic, witty way the lexical enrichment of that language.

Words which originated from the Anglo-Saxon dialects outlasted Roman terms because they related to things used on a daily basis. The conquest of England by Vikings also left some traces on English mostly connected to war and death. During the Middle Ages Latin was used vastly in religious circumstances and in science. In 11^thc, the English elite started speaking French as the Norman king William the Conqueror took the crown. It is estimated that 10 000 English words originate from French which are mostly connected to  jurisdiction, law but also cuisine (beef, mutton, pork). In 16^thc. William Shakespeare invented 2000 (!) new words and phrases and proved that English is a rich and poetic language. Then came Isaac Newton and other physicist who abandoned Latin in favour of their native language to discuss science, anatomy. Later we witnessed the rise of the British Empire, many exotic terms of the colonies found their place in the language of conquerors. For instance the “barbecue” word came out of the Caribbean , “yoga” originate from India, “zombie” from Africa. I would never have thought that the word “nugget” originally appeared in Australia.  Subsequently dr. Johnson’s dictionary of the English language attempted to unify spelling and clarify the meaning of some difficult words for those who were literate at that time. If u want to know the continuation, you should watch that short animation.