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History! Britain got conquered a bunch of times and some of the old words have just stuck around.



My son, not a native English speaker, even taught himself the Chaos poem. It's a good way to learn to appreciate the horrors of the English language.


They are living relics of the ancient past! and we still use them today! English is cool.




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