Last week, the Open University released a cleverly written 10-part series, The History of English in Ten Minutes: 1,600 years of history about the evolution of the English language chunked into quick-as-a-wink segments. Some of the facts may surprise you; their presentation will delight. Here's Part IX, "Internet English":
The full series of animations (access the playlist at the link):
1 Anglo-Saxon
2 The Norman Conquest
3 Shakespeare
4 The King James Bible
5 The English of Science
6 English and Empire
7 The Age of the Dictionary
8 American English
9 Internet English
10 Global English
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Fun little video!
Smiling here..remembering in the mid 80's when I bought my first IBM computer (IBM or Apple in those days)
I felt like Ma Kettle off the farm---copy/paste!! backspace!! Loved it, love it still. For years, I pounded the keys like it was my Underwood.
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