Many people say that the British re

Many people say that the British read millions of books, newspapers and magazines each day. Most of us read at least one newspaper a day and often pick up a copy of a book that is being read by hundreds of people, per­haps at the same time in the same language. I wonder how many people stop and think back to that day in the not-so-distant past when the first sheet of printed paper came off the first printing press used in England. That was in the year 1477 when William Caxton brought his printing press from Flanders, set it up at Westminster in the shadow of the old Abbey and set to work to pro­duce the first books in English.

Canterbury Tales by Chaucer, who lived from 1340 to 1400, was among the books he printed, together with many translations from Latin and French.

Canterbury Tales was very popular among the people who could read at that time. These educated people who lived mainly in London could easily understand the lan­guage of Canterbury Tales because it was written in the dialect of London. But people from other parts of Eng­land couldn't understand very much because at that time each county had its own dialect. So the people of Kent, the West Country, the Midlands, London, the North and other parts of England could not easily understand each other.

Because Caxton printed his book in one dialect, the educated English had a common dialect, and as educa­tion spread, this dialect became the language of England.

Of course, if you read one of Caxton's original books you won't understand it very well because of the great changes in English grammar and spelling since Caxton lived. Caxton himself wrote in one of his books about the many changes in his lifetime.

«And certainly our language now vsed varyeth ferre from that whiche was vsed and spoken when I was bourne».

As you can see it varies very much in spelling and structure from the English you are reading, but you cer­tainly recognize it as English of Caxton to whom we owe so much.

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Многие люди говорят, что британцы читать миллионы книг, газет и журналов каждый день. Большинство из нас читал по крайней мере одна газета в день и часто забрать копию книги, которая читается сотни людей, возможно в то же время на том же языке. Интересно, сколько людей остановить и думаю, обратно в тот же день в не столь отдаленном прошлом, когда первые лист бумаги сошел первый печати используется в Англии. Именно в этом году 1477, когда William Caxton принес его печати из Фландрии, установите его в Вестминстере в тени старого аббатства и набор для работы производить первые книги на английском языке.Кентерберийские рассказы по Чосера, который жил от 1340 до 1400, был среди книг, которые он напечатал, вместе с много переводов из латинского и французский.Кентерберийские рассказы был очень популярен среди людей, которые могли бы читать в то время. Эти образованные люди, которые жили в основном в Лондоне может легко понять язык Кентерберийские рассказы, потому что он был написан на диалекте Лондона. Но людей из других частей Англии не мог понять очень много, потому что в то время каждого округа был свой собственный диалект. Таким образом люди Кент, страны Запада, Мидлендс, Лондон, Северной и других частях Англии могли не легко понять друг друга.Потому что Кекстон печати его книга в одном диалекте, образованные англичане имели общий диалект, а как распространение образования, этот диалект стал язык Англии.Of course, if you read one of Caxton's original books you won't understand it very well because of the great changes in English grammar and spelling since Caxton lived. Caxton himself wrote in one of his books about the many changes in his lifetime.«And certainly our language now vsed varyeth ferre from that whiche was vsed and spoken when I was bourne».As you can see it varies very much in spelling and structure from the English you are reading, but you cer­tainly recognize it as English of Caxton to whom we owe so much.