>French customs then took root through England and English affairs began to change in various ways You can replace this statement with French language and it's

>French customs then took root through England and English affairs began to change in various ways You can replace this statement with French language and it's still be true: French "language" then took root through England and English "language" began to change in various ways. Fun facts, about one-third of modern English language are actually made up from French words and vocabulary. I remember reading one posted announcement notice at a French university, and surprisingly understood most of the contents of the notice although it's written in French and I cannot speak French. However, if I don't read the notice but relies on French to verbally reading the notice to me, I'd not understand the contents. Apparently most of the working and professional words in English were taken from French (this made up most of the loan words from French to English). Thus the notice is easily understandable by reading it if you know English language since the notice is in professional setting (i.e university).