Is English really English?

6 Minute English

BBC

Language Learning, Education

4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2021

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Neil and Georgina discuss where the English language we use today really comes from.

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0:00.0	This is a download from BBC Learning English.
0:03.1	To find out more, visit our website.
0:05.6	6Nate English
0:08.2	from BBCLearningEnglish.com
0:13.4	Hello, this is 6Nate English from BBC Learning English. I'm Neil.
0:17.2	And I'm Georgina.
0:18.6	Gordon Amidion.
0:19.7	Melyka Fertel-Metanet.
0:21.6	I beg your pardon, Neil.
0:23.3	If something stuck in your throat,
0:25.5	are you speaking a foreign language?
0:27.7	Ha, well, actually, Georgina.
0:29.9	I was saying, good morning, please to meet you in English.
0:33.1	But not the English you and I speak.
0:35.2	That was Anglo-Saxon or Old English.
0:38.0	The earliest form of English spoken in the Middle Ages.
0:41.0	So between the 5th and 15th century.
0:44.4	It doesn't sound anything like the way people talk nowadays.
0:47.7	No, but it's surprising how many of the words we use today
0:50.9	have survived from Old English.
0:52.9	Beer, wine, drink, fish, bread, butter,
0:56.6	eye, ear, mouth, head, hand, foot,
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