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Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold History of English, by John McWhorter

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Because when French ruled the roost, it was the language of formality; in modern English, words from French are often formal versions of English ones considered lowly.
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Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold History of English
Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold History of English
by John McWhorter
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