Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1894-06-21

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out and exterminated, whole tribel
OF them, and the result was TINT til,
people who conquered the cbuhtr1
did not learn MANY Indian word.
but retained their old language. But
as the colonies came into closer con
tact with each other; the Englisl
language became the language IN til,
whole country.
| 1t was the same way will, the Sax
ons and Angles. When they conquer
ed England they exterminated til.
Celts. But as the Angles, Saxon,
and Jutes came into closer contact
with each other, they gradually
changed the language into what is
known as cold English" The Teu.
tons gradually increased in powe.
until they formed seven separate
kingdoms. But they were not all
ruled by ono ruler. The Jutes owned
one kingdom, the Saxons. OF which
there were three divisions, East,
West and South S;.xons owned
three kingdoms, and the Angles own.
ed three. These three tribes often
quarreled among themselves hut
nevertheless made great progress in
learning and civilization. After /,
time the West Saxons became the
leading tribe. Their most famous
king was Alfred the Great who began
reigning in 871. While he was king
the English people were harassed by
the Danes, who were often defeated
but did not lose the foot hold which,
they had succeeded in getting. After
Alfred died, they were more success.
full and during the eleventh. century
gave England three kings. Canute
who assembled, throne in 1O17 was
the first king and Har,licanute who
died in lO4l was the last. As the
Danes were Feutons it was very easy
for them to settle down and learn
the English customs. They soon
adopted the religion OF Christianity
and became nearly as civilized as the
Saxons. The coming OF the Danes
did not change The language OF Eng
land very much as their. language
was very much like the English.
Among the words introduced by
them are bait, fling, gust, rap and
whirl. After the death of Hnrdican-
ute the Saxon line was restored to
the English throne and continued to;
occupy it until the Norman Conquest
in 1906. ,..a >.
When William necnme king, greet
numbers OF Normans came over to
England and settled there. They
tried to make their language the ma
tionai speech. 1t was spoken in
8 :hools, camps and churches but the
S ,xons would not use it. They used
the familiar Saxon words in their
homes and about their business.
The language which the Normnns
spoke was what is called the Nor
mnn-French. It was reilly the Int
in language which had been corrupt
ed. II we campare some OF our SIX
on words with the Latin words of
similar meaning We will tin,l TINT our
every day words are Saxon but the
high sounding ones are Of Latin tlt :
rivation. The greatest effect of the
Norman Conquest upon the language
was that the habit OF borrowing
words from other languages was in
PRODUCED. Before the Conquest, the
English hated anything foreign, but
when the Normans settled there,
these prejudices were overcome and
it became very natural to them to
use foreign words. There has been
no great change in the English Ian
guage since the Norman Conquest.
So the English that we now speak is |
about the same us it was in the four /
tenth and fifteenth century.
OF course it does not look like it
lii. But ns one writer appropriately |
'emarks, neither does n chill u
year old look us lie does when he
gets to he q man fifty years of age"
The language has only "grown up"
rs the child does. Such languages
IS the Latin and Greek which IRE
lot now in use arc called "tlead Ian
,uages." But the English language
"a living language and it is cor
tantly growing. The spelling and
Of words arc constant
y changing. II VIC should look ut a
'ook TINT was made n hum
lred years ago we would find things
hat would seem odd to us. A
or example many of the SIS look like
s, the spelling is very different mud
rhetorical changes are still more
numerous.
Many new words nre introduced
very year, and the old words are
aiming different meaning.
Commerce and Inventions has had
great influence on the English Ian
uagp. 4,
As civilization increased, the Eng
ssh became traders and travellers
nd sent out men to COLOMBO in all
:1rta nf tho l,n0yvn 5yvOr1l Thno.,