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<blockquote data-quote="Occams Barber" data-source="post: 76616963" data-attributes="member: 313365"><p>The Norman French (from Normandy) invaded England in 1066. At the time English people spoke Old English (aka Anglo Saxon) - a Germanic language. The French speaking Normans took over all the top positions in the church, military, aristocracy, the law and as landowners but did not displace the ordinary people. This meant that, for several centuries England had two languages - Norman French at the top and Old English among the ordinary people.</p><p></p><p>Over time the two languages merged to become the early version of what we know as Middle English. In the process of merging the language often ended up with both French and English words for similar things. For example; 'vacation' is originally French while 'holiday' comes from Old English. As a result we ended up with a lot of synonyms.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>No-one in Australia says 'supper'. In Australia the evening meal is always 'dinner' while the midday meal is 'lunch'. My parents came from the north of England where 'dinner' was the midday meal and the evening meal was 'tea'. 'Dinner' was also a generic term for the food sitting on your plate at any mealtime.</p><p></p><p>Context.</p><p></p><p>OB</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Occams Barber, post: 76616963, member: 313365"] The Norman French (from Normandy) invaded England in 1066. At the time English people spoke Old English (aka Anglo Saxon) - a Germanic language. The French speaking Normans took over all the top positions in the church, military, aristocracy, the law and as landowners but did not displace the ordinary people. This meant that, for several centuries England had two languages - Norman French at the top and Old English among the ordinary people. Over time the two languages merged to become the early version of what we know as Middle English. In the process of merging the language often ended up with both French and English words for similar things. For example; 'vacation' is originally French while 'holiday' comes from Old English. As a result we ended up with a lot of synonyms. No-one in Australia says 'supper'. In Australia the evening meal is always 'dinner' while the midday meal is 'lunch'. My parents came from the north of England where 'dinner' was the midday meal and the evening meal was 'tea'. 'Dinner' was also a generic term for the food sitting on your plate at any mealtime. Context. OB [/QUOTE]
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