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who invented English?

was there a group of people that created the language or was it something that happened over time with no specific group of people? meaning the people that added to the language are did not exist at the same time.
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ozgirl512 · 26-30, F
English is an amalgam of all the best bits!
Yulianna · 22-25, F
@ozgirl512 😂😂😂
ozgirl512 · 26-30, F
@Yulianna we steal unreservedly lol
Yulianna · 22-25, F
@ozgirl512 ☺️ the good and the bad...
ozgirl512 · 26-30, F
@Yulianna no, no... Just the good!
As the French say, Portmanteau words!
Yulianna · 22-25, F
@ozgirl512 was it gw bush said, the french have no word for entrepreneur?
ozgirl512 · 26-30, F
@Yulianna it was, one of my favourite anecdotes! Yep, it was during a press conference when the French didn't want to get involved in Iraq.. Smart choice as it turned out
Yulianna · 22-25, F
@ozgirl512 wouldn't appear to have done them much good... still a lot of Islamic terrorist activities in France.
ozgirl512 · 26-30, F
@Yulianna true, but they didn't spend billions creating them
Yulianna · 22-25, F
@ozgirl512 they got them for free... and Americans still eat only genetically modified, chlorine washed, hormone enhanced, home grown brie!
ozgirl512 · 26-30, F
@Yulianna I think I must be a peasant at heart...I can never tell the difference between the brie and camembert
@Yulianna don’t forget the chlorinated chicken
Yulianna · 22-25, F
@ozgirl512 better you stick to aussie cheese! ☺️
Yulianna · 22-25, F
@TheSirfurryanimalWales i would happily forget about that!
@Yulianna Boris may let it in
ozgirl512 · 26-30, F
@Yulianna we have a goodly selection of cheese here, but the brie and camembert is often too creamy, too young
Yulianna · 22-25, F
@TheSirfurryanimalWales Boris May? your new prime minister bringing together the worst of the old and the new?
Yulianna · 22-25, F
@ozgirl512 😂 young and creamy, sounds delightful... though maybe not in a cheese.
@Yulianna What a horrible thought😀
Yulianna · 22-25, F
@TheSirfurryanimalWales admit it, you are a tory at heart!
@Yulianna that I could never be although I will not be voting Labour in May.Drakeford has to go....
Yulianna · 22-25, F
@TheSirfurryanimalWales why? he is protecting you from yourself!
@Yulianna he is very unpopular having already told us vaccination will not end restrictions and prepared us for lockdowns next Autumn and Winter.
Under him I have no chance of getting the things I enjoy back.
Yulianna · 22-25, F
@TheSirfurryanimalWales so you think a change of government will make the virus go away?

telling you that you can do the stuff you enjoy is ridiculous. there is an international health crisis.
@Yulianna vaccination is supposed to return us to normality.Are you suggesting people will accept living under restrictions after vaccination?

I think not-there will be a tipping point.I am just amazed it hasn’t happened yet.
Yulianna · 22-25, F
@TheSirfurryanimalWales because more people are more sensible... no one knows what the new normality will be like. no one knows if vaccines will give full time or partial immunity, and for how long. no one knows if vaccines will slow or halt transmission...

and the virus will mutate.