tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11176900.post4414744184562827503..comments2023-11-06T01:43:09.674+13:00Comments on Matt's Samoa Blog: No Instructions (Part 2)Matthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01655804806593732227noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11176900.post-57212565602113003322010-11-03T15:01:44.453-10:002010-11-03T15:01:44.453-10:00English, like all european languages, are a produc...English, like all european languages, are a product of their history.<br /><br />England had many different regions which spoke their own version of the English language. Many areas had their own dialects, others essentially had their own languages. Then the Normans invaded southern England in 1066 and brought French whilst the Danes and Norwegians invaded the north-east and brought their viking languages.<br /><br />The spelling and pronounciation differences between different words in the English language are a result of all this history. <br /><br />The same with German. The German spoken at the time of colonisation in Samoa is not really the German they speak now in modern-day Germany.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11176900.post-43712711260194286102010-08-05T16:50:43.342-11:002010-08-05T16:50:43.342-11:00Why isn't 'bowl' spelled 'bole'...Why isn't 'bowl' spelled 'bole'? And why isn't 'bowl' pronounced like cowl, fowl, howl, jowl,... and what about bowel, dowel, towel, vowel? English is a tough language to learn in a classroom, as there are too many exceptions. (too, to, two, buy, bye, by)mandecanoreply@blogger.com