Printing Disaster

    One of the beauties of the English language is that it allows you to  express yourself in a detailed manner. It's vivid vocabulary and complex structure gives writers the opportunity to describe even their most intimate sensations. This however, wasn't always the case it was only after the invasion of the Normans that the English vocabulary grew substantially; a total of “10,000 words” (The Story of English )were added to the language.

         Nevertheless, these new words brought some complications to the language. This was mainly because at that time no restrictions had been made regarding word spelling and as the printing press was created different publishers, almost all “idiosyncratic speller” (The Story of English) would write words with different spelling. Leading to the creation of "...chaotic spelling conventions..."(The Story of English) However, at that time this wasn't the only problem the English language was facing. The other problem described how there were "...five distinct varieties of English..."  (The Story of English) roaming around the earth and even though they all rose from the same basis, they were all distinctly different. Making this a problem in daily life communication between citizens. Affecting not only relationships but development as well. This is the reason why the English language has had so many changes throughout time and it has finally ended up with the creation of a more practical and worldwide comprehensible language.

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"The Story of English." YouTube. YouTube, 27 Aug. 2009. Web. 13 Jan. 2013.