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The Romans left some very straight roads behind, but not much of their Latin language. The Anglo-Saxon vocab was much more useful as it was mainly words for simple everyday things like house, woman, loaf and werewolf. Four of our days of the week - Tuesday, Wednesday, honour of Anglo-Saxon gods, but they didn't bother with Saturday, Sunday and Monday as they had all gone off for a long weekend. While they were away, Christian missionaries stole in bringing with them leaflets about jumble sales and more Latin 去书内
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    The Romans left straight roads but little Latin in English.The Anglo-Saxons filled the gap with practical vocab like"house,""woman,"and"loaf."Four days of the week-Tuesday,Wednesday,Thursday,and Friday-honor their gods.But Saturday,Sunday,and Monday were untouched,as if the Anglo-Saxons took a long weekend.Meanwhile,Christian missionaries sneaked in Latin words,like bringing leaflets for jumble sales.This blend shows how languages evolve through different cultural impacts.

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