Let’s be honest, English pronunciation is not easy, nor are some place names we often come across when we travel through the UK, look at a map or read an article. The reason why there are so many exceptions in pronunciation is due to the fact that the language of the British Isles has undergone …
In medieval times, the English language was enriched by a large number of words coming from Old Norse, the language of the Vikings, and French, after the Norman conquest of 1066. Words such as sky, skull, berserk, bull, cake, egg, fog, guest, kid, knife, knot, lad, mistake, plough, race, reindeer, saga, skin, skirt, wing, window, …
From the beginnings to the Norman Conquest (500 BC – 1066 AD).