| the rise of english | | the rise of english is aremarkable success story.when juliuss cesar landed in britain nearly two thousand yers ago,englishdid not exist. five hundred years later, english, incomprehensible to modern ears,was probbably sopken by about as few people as currently speak cherokee and with about as little influence. nearly a thousand yeas later, at the end of the sixteenth century, when william shakespeare was in his prime,english was the native speech of between five and seven million englishmen and it was,the native speech of between five and seven million english-men and it was,in the words of a contemporary,"of small reatch, it stretcheth no further than this iland of ours, naie not there over all." 400 years later,the contrast is extraordinary. between 1600 and the present, in armies, navies, companies and expeditions, the speakers of english- including scots,irish,welsh, american and... | |
| | Do you like reading news? | | Sometime ago our grandparents and parents only had radio and newspapers to have informations about worldwide, nowadays he have the tv news, internet sites and rss that makes news very acessable for everyone. Even in this way there is many people that do not like this. Do you like to read the new on newspapers, websites, rss and etc? | |
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