The History of the English Language by Sammy Stein

It’s right to say that now, when you are traveling around any country you might like, the first question that may come to your mind won’t be, do you speak French? Because, now we know that technology, business, and media are in terms related to English. That means that it would be easier to find help looking for some English speaker than any other language speaker in the world.

But, how did it happen? The answer is simple, Imperialism from the United Kingdom, but more specific from England. When in the second era of Imperialism, English became the elite language in India, and also the second one in schools, the spread of this method all around the world began.

However, Sammy Stein wants to persuade about the greatness of English above other Languages. He says that English, is not a pure language, but it’s the second common language in the world. Actually, he gives examples of how English is mixed with almost all the other important languages nowadays.

The firsts that arrived to England and imposed their dialect were the Vikings, with words like “ocean, and boat”. Then comes the invasion of Romans, from the ones all swear words derived. Finally, members of French courts and Spanish rules contributed to create this mixture of derived words that actually change in spelling, and that’s why they are considered as part of English.

Actually, I think that, as Stein said, even when you can find signals almost everywhere written in their mother language but also in English, in United States, for example, that is considered an economic and technological power, not all its habitants speak in the same way. Also, even a person from the south and one from the north would find that words that are familiar for one, are completely opposite in meaning to the other.

That leaves English learners again in disadvantage for trying to follow a basic and proper language, and of course, make that at least in other countries; people can understand what they are just trying to say. But as Stein says “The history of English is still being written”. That means that more technological and colloquial words would appear in later dictionaries. Hopefully, it would benefit in terms of using words common for everyone to understand (technological terms), but in the other hand, how many colloquial words could appear that we would have to learn? Maybe is just a matter of getting the right idea.