Show anglo saxon and english Lan uaea ea the english language in use today to d day ay in books and newspapers la is the lineal descendant of the anglo smon saxon spoken and written by the people of the time of 0 alfred the greist great lust just as aa the french now spoken in paris descends from the french used by the subjects of louis the stammerer who wh lived at about the same period as aa alfred both have hate changed but the chart chang get efi in the french have been bee by what may be called internal development while in addition to this factor the th english has ac accretions cretins from many sources go the wonderful success of et the english speaking peoples as merchants and colonists h haa had its influence on their language which now contains words ward from almost every language and dialect on the globe |