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continent. Around 300 languages are spoken just
                     in London (Berber,Arabic, Hindi,Turkish, Kurdish,
                     Punjabi, et cetera).


                  Some fun facts about... English

                  1.  William Shakespeare's name has been spelled many
                     different ways over time. His name has been spelled
                     with over 80 variations by his contemporaries,
                     including “Shappere” and “Shaxberd”. There are
                     very few signatures that have survived, but the Bard
                     never signed his name “William Shakespeare,”
                     instead, he used modific tions or abbreviations
                     like “WillmShakp,” “WillmShakspere” and “William
                     Shakspeare”. Shakespeare, no matter the spelling,
                     is most likely derived from the Old English words
                     “schakken” (“to brandish”) and “speer”
                     (“spear”), and possibly indicated an         schakken
                                                                  (v.): blandir
                     aggressive or combative person.



                                                “Shappere”

                                                              “Shaxberd”
                                              “Shaxberd”
                                                               “W illm
                                                            Shakspere”
                                               “Shaxberd”

                                                “W illm
                                                 Shakp”

                                                            “W illiam
                                                           Shakspeare”







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