Post AYOiSykrmfWgsrNlOS by jeremybmerrill@journa.host
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 (DIR) Post #AYOiSykrmfWgsrNlOS by jeremybmerrill@journa.host
       2023-08-04T17:27:32Z
       
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       Anyone know of a history of how French lost its status as lingua franca in favor of English? It seems like it would've been inconvenient to switch, especially for people in commerce, so there must've been a lot of inertia.#linguistics #etymology
       
 (DIR) Post #AYOiSzVeygxNDzH8KW by grammargirl@zirk.us
       2023-08-04T20:05:22Z
       
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       @jeremybmerrill Henry V played an important part of making English the language of England again after the Norman Invasion. http://www.englishproject.org/march-henry-v-and-french-language