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“In the ninth and tenth centuries the Vikings invaded Britain from Scandinavia and settled in large numbers. Their language, which we call Old Norse, was at least partly comprehensible to the English, who did not hesitate to take over hundreds of words from it: skirt, window, scrub, sky, give, hit, kick, scatter, scrape, skill, scowl, score, fellow, want, skin, knife, law, happy, ugly, wrong and even the pronouns they and them.”

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Larry Trask

Larry Trask, an outstanding figure in an unknown field, was born on November 10, 1944, and passed away on March 27, 2004. His life and contributions remain largely unrecorded. more

“Not long time ago there was a striking example of the extent to which English has diverged: a television company put out a programme filmed in the English city of Newcastle, where the local variety of English is famously divergent and difficult, and the televised version was accompanied by English subtitles!”

Long Difficult Cities Company Example Television Long Time Locals Versions Variety Long Time Ago Programmes Divergent Newcastle Subtitles

Author:Larry Trask

“The likelihood is that any English-speaking skier has more words for different types of snow than any inhabitant of Alaska or Greenland.”

Different Type Snow Alaska Likelihood English Speaking Skiers Greenland

Author:Larry Trask

“Yes, I slouch. My mother tells me that.”

Mother

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“My life isn't focused on results. My life is really focused on the process of doing all the things I'm doing, from work to relationships to friendships to charitable work.”

Life Is Process Results Focused Charitable Charitable Work

Author:George Clooney