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| Anglo Saxons arrive in Britain, bringing Anglo Saxon to the language. |
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| Viking raids on Britain begin, and they bring Old Norse to the language. |
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| Norman cnquest, bringing French words. |
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| Caxton brings printing technology to England, this lead to a need for standardisation across the language of the country. |
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| First English dictionary meant that many people would be using the same forms of words. |
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| First British daily newspaper meant that language spread further. |
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| First account of English grammar. |
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| First telegraph, meant people from different areas could communicate. |
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| Cylinder press invented, 8000 sheets an hour meant books were more avaliable to the average people. |
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| Mass production of paper from wood pulp, meant prices of printing paper went down and books and other printed things became more avaliable. |
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| The telephone is invented and less people have to rely on letters now. |
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| Elementary Education Act meant education was compulary for 5 to 10 year olds. |
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| First tabloid newspaper, an increasing amount of people reading. |
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| First talking motion picture. |
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| BBC starts broadcasting regularly on the radio, accents merge and local sayings spread. |
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| TV invented, accents merge and local sayings spread. |
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| BBC starts broadcasting regularly on the TV, accents merge and local sayings spread. |
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| School leaving age rises to 16, more furtehr educated people. |
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| Internet invented, new words come into existance and communication forms increase. |
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| First text sent, more words added to the language. |
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