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It took several hundred years, but Norman French and Anglo-Saxon Old English eventually combined to provide the vocabulary of Middle English. There was a considerable period of time when the language of England and the language of its rulers were not the same. English is a unique language in that there are three sets of orthographical conventions (modified over hundreds of years from mother tongues): French, German, and Celtic/pre-Anglo-Saxon. Spelling in the late Middle Ages was extremely erratic and had very little standardization due to the lack of agreement on which rules to use.
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After the Norman Conquest in 1066, the English language underwent significant changes. Old English was influenced by Norman French, resulting in the development of Middle English. This shift introduced new vocabulary, grammar rules, and pronunciation changes due to the blending of Germanic and Romance languages.
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