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In fact, when Julius Caesar came to Britain in the century before the birth of Christ, Britain was just a primitive land on the outskirts of nowhere. It was inhabited by wild and warring clans of people who, a few centuries later, would end up doing their very best to prevent the English language from ever coming to the shores of their island home. They were highly unsuccessful.
King Alfred's English, a History of the Language We Speak and Why We Should Be Glad We Do
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