SH** This word is one of the oldest of the current curse words that we use today. Its use can be found over 1‚000 years ago. It was first seen in the English language as scitte and was soon after known as scittan. This word was used to describe when cattle had diarrhea. It was also known as shite until the 1700s. Since then‚ we have used the current spelling of the word. A** / A**HOLE Since the 11th century‚ the word arse has been used to describe the buttocks of an animal. In the 14th
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Vernacular Language HUMA215-1205B-09 Unit 2 Individual Project 1/20/13 LaToya Marible Abstract Vernacular language is somewhat of a unique language that has seems to have such a wide spread throughout the 11th-14th century. The purpose of this paper is to inform the reader of the impacts of vernacular language. After reading this paper you will understand what vernacular language is. Vernacular Language The spread for vernacular language was
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Good morning to our Principal‚ teachers and friends. I am Tania Chua‚ the president of theEnglish Society. Today‚ I am very honoured to be given this opportunity to share with you µTheImportance of English¶.From time immemorial‚ English is beyond doubt‚ the most significant language in the world.English is‚ unquestionably used as the one and only tool to break down existing languagebarriers among people of different races‚ cultures and nationality. As an international language‚English is spoken‚
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69 Indian English Children’s Literature: The Context of Salman Rushdie‚ Ruskin Bond and Arup Kumar Dutta Rizia Begum Laskar M.D.K. Girls’ College‚ Assam‚ India Abstract: Indian English children’s literature as a distinct branch of literature struggled to find its footing in India. The struggle is interconnected to the problem of the English language itself and the dominance of western children’s literature in India. At the same time‚ the publishing scenario plays a significant role
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Mel Carter In “ The German Refugee” by Bernard Malamud‚ we have character named Oskar Gasnerr‚ who is a German- Jewish refugee‚ escaping from German Nazis and comes to America‚ where he has no kins and he can not speak the English language properly. He is supposed to give a lecture in English‚ which is too hard for him to do. Apart from having to talk a language he can’t‚ he is also detachted from her own counrty and family‚ and have economical and social difficulties there. No matter
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The Vernacular Language Over the course of humanity‚ there have been many different languages that have come and gone. As this topic is being discussed‚ we can probably assume that there is another spoken or written language being developed for use in one way or another. Latin is one of the most prominent languages and was one of the longest used amongst those that were educated and within literature. The real questions that beg to be answered are the origins of the language and what were the
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“Endangered languages should be saved” Many languages are at the danger of disappearance. The reason of their extinction could be the decrease in a number of people speaking that language. A 85% of 6000 languages appear to be spoken in 25 countries (NOW 2000). Language extinction is caused by external and internal factors. Internal forces such as community’s negative behaviour to mother language‚ or simply decrease in the number of speakers are mainly derived from factors such as military‚ economic
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The Origins of Vernacular Language and Its Spread Keturah Lindsey American Intercontinental University ABSTRACT The term vernacular can be defined as using a language that is native to a country or province‚ rather than a cultured‚ foreign‚ or literary language. The vernacular languages would also be considered as the large family of contemporary “Romance” languages (Matthews‚ 2007). These vernacular languages would one day be known to use as Spanish‚ French‚ Italian
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Do you think learning English is important? English is currently the most wide spread language in the world‚ it is second only to Mandarin Chinese in terms of the amount of people which speak it‚ but second to none in terms of the number of people learning it. It is currently the primary language used on the World Wide Web‚ in the political and business arenas. It has even become the language of today’s pop culture. So yes‚ I definitely think that learning English is important. While English
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English Language: Key to Global Access By: Kyle A. Tumapang “Language is the blood of the soul in which thoughts run and out of which they grow‚” as once said by Oliver Wendell Holmes. We cannot deny that we are all experiencing the effects of globalization. Globalization‚ as we all know‚ is the process of interaction‚ and integration among peoples‚ companies‚ and governments of different nations. Due to its continuous rise‚ the unity of people around the world is greatly needed. But how can unity
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