Accents and Dialects
An accent is pronounciation and the way people say things, where as dialect consists of features such as the actual vocabulary and language.
Invasions and war played a big part in developing our language's for example the anglo saxons invasions in 449 AD which included words such as "cheese, angel, bishop, paper and elephants" In 787 AD the Viking Raids began and this produced words such as "widow, harbour, glitter, weak, tight"
In 1066 AD the Norman Conquest (Battle of Hastings) took place which brought in administration and religous words such as "goverment, liberty, crucifix and saint"
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