I didn't figure out its vs it's until this past year, and I'm 27. It just didn't seem particularly important to bother with... Out of the 50 most used English

I didn't figure out its vs it's until this past year, and I'm 27. It just didn't seem particularly important to bother with... Out of the 50 most used English words, all but one are from Anglo-Saxon. Out of the top 200, all but 13 are from Anglo-Saxon. On the other hand, out of the entirety of the English vocabulary, only a small portion of them are Anglo-Saxon. English has a Germanic core but has borrowed happily from other Indo-European languages. I hope I'm representing these numbers right. Been listening to the History of English podcast [1] which, if you like this stuff, is absolutely fascinating. The first episode is worth listening to just to hear Old and Middle English spoken. 1. http://historyofenglishpodcast.com/ http://historyofenglishpodcast.com/