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When did the Normans come to England? 1066 C.E. What was the new language of England? French How did the prining press influence of English? They started to get more and more words in English. How did explorers influence English? They travel and get new words for example from Africa; zebra What does "mother language" mean? The begin of the language. What is a cognate word? Give an example. English-Mother, Latin-Mater, Greek-Meter Why did people stop writing in English in 1066? French take over England When did English become the major language for writing in England? 1425 C.E. Why was it a bad idea to base spelling on sound? Some words sounded same for example too, two, to How did dictionaries influence spelling? It written down the words and people copied it Who wrote the first English dictionary? When? in 1828 C.E., Noah Webster