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What was the main reason for English being used in North America in the late 16th and early 17th centuries?
What was the main reason for English being used in North America in the late 16th and early 17th centuries?
What was the language spoken on board the ships that arrived in North America in the late 16th and early 17th centuries?
What was the language spoken on board the ships that arrived in North America in the late 16th and early 17th centuries?
What was the impact of nautical jargon on the English spoken on board the ships that arrived in North America in the late 16th and early 17th centuries?
What was the impact of nautical jargon on the English spoken on board the ships that arrived in North America in the late 16th and early 17th centuries?
English has been in use in North America since the late 16th and early 17th centuries, when fishing vessels arrived at the Grand Banks off the coast of Nova Scotia to fish the ______ that could be found there in great abundance
English has been in use in North America since the late 16th and early 17th centuries, when fishing vessels arrived at the Grand Banks off the coast of Nova Scotia to fish the ______ that could be found there in great abundance
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Traders soon began going to the Chesapeake Bay area to trade for ______ from the Native Americans and as well
Traders soon began going to the Chesapeake Bay area to trade for ______ from the Native Americans and as well
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The crews of these ships were themselves often international (but European), which meant that in those cases where English was spoken on board, the language was far from the StE of England. What was spoken would very likely have been a mixture, possibly a leveling of varieties of regional English from England and Scotland (Wales and Ireland still had relatively few English speakers). Added to this would be English spoken as a foreign language among the non-native English-speaking crew members. This was then salted with ______
The crews of these ships were themselves often international (but European), which meant that in those cases where English was spoken on board, the language was far from the StE of England. What was spoken would very likely have been a mixture, possibly a leveling of varieties of regional English from England and Scotland (Wales and Ireland still had relatively few English speakers). Added to this would be English spoken as a foreign language among the non-native English-speaking crew members. This was then salted with ______
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