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[–] 2 points 6 days ago (1 child)

Ah. I misremembered about the Peterborough Chronicle being the one switching to French because of a new French abbot.

Still not seeing how much of it was informed by the Frenchmen wanting to learn English, though. Englishmen for sure did borrow French vocabulary, not sure about the other way around. I'm yet to learn about switching the trials to English, as I'm right at the point of Norman conquest in the 'History of English Language' podcast. =)
Seems so far that said history was in large part dictated by political happenings.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 days ago

    Well, the aristocracy didn't just learn English overnight. The transition of official use over about 200 years shows them becoming more and more accepting and comfortable with it.

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