ENTANGLED TONGUES
A Short History of the English Language
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ENTANGLED TONGUES
Narrated by:
Carol Williams Kisch
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Carol Williams Kisch
Summary
ENTANGLED TONGUES:
A Short History of the English Language
or The Influence of French on English
The French point of view: “La langue anglaise n’existe pas. C’est du français mal prononcé.” (“The English language doesn’t exist. It is badly pronounced French.”) Georges Clemenceau, French Prime Minister, 1917-1920.
The English point of view: “So now they have made our English tongue… a hodgepodge of all other speeches.” Edmund Spenser, English poet, 1552-1599
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