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If you speak English, you have plenty of people to talk to. People use
the English language to communicate in the United States, Canada, the
United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and other
countries. It is spoken in more parts of the world than any other
language.
WHY ENGLISH ISN’T REALLY ENGLISH
English is one of the great thieves. It is constantly borrowing. It
started out taking words from Latin, Greek, French, and German.
Then English went on to borrow words from more than 50 different
languages. From Italian, it took cameo, stanza, and violin, for example.
From Spanish and Portuguese, it borrowed the words alligator, canyon,
and sombrero. From Native Americans, it got raccoon and wigwam. Peru
contributed llama and quinine. The Caribbean islands gave English
barbecue and cannibal. From Africa came chimpanzee and zebra, from India
came bandanna, curry, and punch, and from Australia came kangaroo and
boomerang.
Science caused an explosion in words. Some words in science combine
parts of Greek and Latin words. They include penicillin, stethoscope,
and supersonic. Others were borrowed from languages spoken today. Robot
comes from a Czech word.
The English language has been stealing words for more than 1,500 years.
The most complete dictionary of the English language contains a whopping
600,000 words.
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BURPS AND OTHER WAYS ENGLISH EXPANDS
Onomatopoeia (pronounced AHN-uh-MAH-tuh-PEE-uh) is the creation of words
that imitate natural sounds, words such as burp and clink. Another way
to get new words is adding prefixes and suffixes. Prefixes, such as mis-
or ex-, go onto the front of words and create misread, ex-boyfriend,
and other words. Suffixes, such as -ness or –ist, attach to the end of
words.
Separate words can form compound words, such as bonehead and downpour.
Words can collapse into each other, such as brunch, from breakfast and
lunch.
It’s common for new words to grow from previously existing words—for
example, to burgle, formed from burglar. The use of words can change.
Shower started out meaning “light rain.” It later referred to a bathroom
shower, and then became used as a verb, to shower.
WHY SPELLING IS SO TUFF
English is said to have one of the most difficult spelling systems in
the world. Take a look at these four words: anxious, fission, fuchsia,
and ocean. They all spell the sh sound differently. English has 14
different spellings for the sh sound.
Throughout history, the spelling of English words hasn’t changed as much
as their sounds have. For example, people once pronounced the k in
knife and the gh in right. We no longer say those letters, but we’ve
kept the old spelling. English also tends to hold on to the spelling of
words it borrows from other languages.
The weirdest examples of differences between spelling and pronunciation
in English are the six different pronunciations of ough. Say these words
aloud: bough, cough, thorough, thought, through, and rough. Some
spellings have lasted from a time when the gh was pronounced in English.
The English language is unusual in the way it borrows and grows. New
words are constantly being introduced. The verb to google is a new word
that means “to do a fast Internet search.” It comes from the widely used
Internet search engine, Google.
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