William of Normandy's conquest in 1066 changed England and its language. The Anglo-Saxon King Harold lost, deeply affecting language evolution. French influenced English significantly. Around 40% of ...

The English language is notoriously difficult to learn for those who don’t grow up speaking it at home. Those of us for whom it is a first language aren’t very good about learning other ones. However, ...

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I don't like hearing about any languages disappearing, but the idea of French's demise seems intolerable. Fortunately, it is also probably impossible, at least in the near future, but French is a ...

Is it apéro o'clock yet? Paris metro station renaming, part of an April Fools joke. Photo by JACQUES DEMARTHON / AFP Certain French linguists use up a lot of angst on the many anglicisms that creep ...