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PLAY WITH WORDS: Read and learn how words from India came to be used by the English. (pic: representative)

PLAY WITH WORDS: Read and learn how words from India came to be used by the English. (pic: representative)

The borrowed history of English language

In The Secret Life of Words, Henry Hitchings argues that English was forced to borrow from invaders - Romans, Norse and French who came to Britain. Then it borrowed from people that the English traded with - Portuguese, Spanish, Italians and Arabs. Finally when the British Empire spread its wings it borrowed from communities it conquered.

SMSes ruining English grammar?

Bangalore University authorities planned to ban SMS-lingo in exams.

http://ibnlive.in.com/videos/109001/smses-ruining-english-grammar.html

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