14 October 2016, 22:10
Normans under William the Conqueror defeated the English at the Battle of Hastings.
(This is how the English language received such an infusion of French words. Among them is the use of what were originally French words for meat on the table – such as pork – while animals in the field retained the Anglo-Saxon names – pig or swine.)
(This is how the English language received such an infusion of French words. Among them is the use of what were originally French words for meat on the table – such as pork – while animals in the field retained the Anglo-Saxon names – pig or swine.)