http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ A place to discuss all kinds of stuff! en Mon, 22 Mar 2010 06:50:52 +0000 http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/history-of-english-and-other-languages#post-8946 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 06:07:14 +0000 Evan Owen 8946@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ <p>From time to time, we get requests in the HotForWords comments for <strong>[a history of English]</strong> or some other such sweeping category. This forum is to provide an answer to those requests, and to provide a place for us to share our knowledge and perspectives on the development of English -- or other languages, if we wish.</p> <p>We may wish to explore some specialized topic: the great vowel shift, for example; the development of a particular dialect; or the influence of a particular language on the development of English (Greek, for example).</p> <p>Links to other sites offering related information are encouraged.</p> <p>Proto-Indo-European might be an interesting topic: was there ever one single European language? Where did it originate? How did it differentiate into all the related Indo-European languages?</p> <p>Let&#39;s use our brains and have fun. </p>