INTERVIEW: How War Created the English Language
Description
The words you speak exist because of war. From Vikings raiding villages to Normans conquering England, battles rewrote the English language forever.
In this episode of Why Wars Happened, Dr. Colin Gorrie uncovers how Rome, the Vikings, and the Normans all left fingerprints on every sentence you speak today. Once you hear it, you’ll never look at English the same way again.
Timestamps:
00:00 – Welcome to Why Wars Happened
00:49 – Meet Dr. Colin Gorrie
01:22 – How war shapes language
03:25 – The Norman Conquest & French rule
07:11 – Vikings, the Danelaw & Norse words
22:52 – Borrowed words from conflict & trade
26:31 – 1066 & the Norman takeover
28:47 – Fall of Old English, rise of Middle English
31:36 – The Great Vowel Shift
35:58 – Latin’s lingering influence
40:21 – War, trade & crossroads of language
51:00 – Wrapping up
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