I believe that English language through its history is really strange. I read a book about old English, Middle English and Modern one.
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Do you believe that the word ( nice) meant in Shakespeare’s time ( ignorant) while now it means ( pleasant) ?!
Do you find any sense in that amelioration!
I’ve selected a list of words that you will really find them strange when you see the differences:
The word (Knight) meant in Old English (servant boy) while now it means (Romantic person)!
The word (Silly ) meant in Old English ( Happy) but now it’s ( foolish or simple).
The word ( Vulgar) meant ( the common people) while now it’s ( bad manner, rude)
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There is another thing that I’ve realized while reading, which is they used to reduce some English words while now we use these words in a different way, like:
The word (Deer) , in old English this word was used for all kind of animals like Shakespeare said “ Mice and rat and such small deer”
While now we use this word for a specific kind of animals
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Another fact that makes me really believe that English is somehow strange is that some proper names were added to the dictionary just because people used to say it a lot:
Like:
Kleenex: which is a name of Tissue Company, now if you open the dictionary you will find it there!
Coca cola: we all know that it's the name of the most famous coke company. It’s also in the dictionary as any other word!
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I’d like to write more strange and wonderful facts but since you don’t like to read long topics I’ll stop now, but I promise that I’ll post a similar topic very soon.
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