Last night, I went to bed at 10:30. I woke up at 6:30 but fell asleep again around 7:00am. I finally woke up at 10:30am! I slept like a baby. I must have needed the sleep because I slept a lot. Today, I wanted to take a look at some phrases related to sleep. … Read More
There are many words in the English language that have come from French. French was the official language in England while Middle English was developing. A lot of those words became anglicized (made into English). According to the analysis by Andreas Simons, French and Latin make up 56% of the English vocabulary (top 5,000 words). … Read More
Anytime a language comes in contact with another language, the two languages borrow from each other. Each will take new terms and phrases from the other language. If a language has not been exposed to something (like technology or food item), it will often base its new word on the foreign language. Sometimes phrases are … Read More
