Changing the English Language

Learning Targets

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Old English

• 500-1100 A.D.

• Angles, Saxons, Jutes

• Englisc

• 850 A.D. Vikings

Middle English

• 1100-1500 A.D.

• 1066 A.D.

• Anglo-Norman

• Anglo-Norman and Old English combined

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Early Modern English

• 1500-1800 A.D.

• Renaissance

• William Shakespeare

• 1476-printing press

• 1604-Table Alphabeticall

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Late-Modern English

• 1800-Present

• Industrial Revolution

• Trade and exploration

• Wars, immigration, new discoveries

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Foreign Words and Phrases

Ad nauseam

The lecturer rambled ad nauseam, and I almost fell asleep.

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Bona fide

She has pretended to cry to get out of doing her homework, but I think she's crying bona fidetears right now.

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Bon voyage

I heard that you are going to leave tomorrow for your family vacation. Bon voyage!

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Carte blanche

Mrs. Brewer gave me carte blanche and said I could decorate the gym for the school dance however I want.

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Caveat emptor

Mom bought a clock online from a seller who had a no-refund policy. After she saw that it didn't work, she sighed and said, "Caveat emptor."

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C'est la vie

Uncle Mark is such a laid-back person. When the $10,000 copier broke down at his business, he said, "Oh, well. C'est la vie."

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Coup de grâce

Sergio’s old car died. The coup de grâce happened when he got $600 for it at the junkyard.

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Du jour

Our server Matt told us that the soup du jour is chicken noodle.

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Ergo

Yolanda wants to be a doctor when she grows up; ergo, she'll need to attend college.

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Ex post facto

Sandra received a note ex post facto, saying a package will arrive soon, but she received it yesterday.

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Fait accompli

Roger told his boss Mrs. Kreger that he wanted his old job back. She said that she had already hired someone else in his place, fait accompli.

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Faux pas

I committed a faux paswhen I called the person on the other line "sir," but Dad told me later that the person was a woman.

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Gauche

Our neighbor can be very gauche. When they first met, Mr. Peabody asked my mother if she would get divorced anytime soon.

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Hasta la vista

When Brad told me good-bye, he decided to practice his Spanish, so he said, "Hasta la vista."

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Unit 1Lesson 9Classics for Young ReadersPages 43-44

Surf Time

http://www.fun-with-words.com/neologisms_competition.html

http://www.wordspy.com/diversions/neologisms.asp

http://www.shakespeare-online.com/biography/wordsinvented.html

http://www.shakespeare-online.com/biography/wordsinvented.html

http://www.nosweatshakespeare.com/resources/shakespeare-words/