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not much evidence pointing to the fact that the
                     aristocrats spoke any English. The children of the
                     English aristocracy began speaking English as their
                     first language  t the end of the 12th Century.
                     In 1204, the English aristocracy forfeited their
                     estates in France and began speaking English
                     partly as a matter of national pride.         forfeit (v.):
                                                                   perder
                  11. Differences between American and British
                     spelling are largely credited to Noah Webster,
                     born in West Hartford, Connecticut in 1758. He
                     believed that the USA, a vast and developing
                     nation, had need of a language of its own: American
                     English. Webster thought that the British nobility
                     had corrupted the English found in the textbooks
                     of the time, and that there was too much French
                     and Classical influence  He wanted to write
                     American English books for American learners,
                     and to represent a new and forward-thinking
                     nation. He wrote three books for American school
                     children about the English language between
                     1783 and 1785. There were 385 editions of his
                     Speller published during his lifetime. Later editions
                     modified the spelling o  color from the British
                     version, colour, and that is how it is spelled in
                     the USA today. Other words whose spelling was
                     changed include center instead of the British
                     centreand traveler instead of traveller. Webster
                     thought spelling should be more logical, the correct
                     style for a nation that was founded on forward-
                     looking principles. This is one of the rare examples
                     of the author of a dictionary trying to change the
                     English language rather than
                     describe it.






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