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“During France's occupation of England, French became the language spoken by the nobility, and English became the language spoken mostly by the public. For the three centuries following the Norman invasion, every English king spoke French. Not just kings; No language other than French was spoken by the courts, churches and civil servants. Thus, for 300 years after the Hundred Years' War, two languages lived side by side in England: The official language was French and the public language was English.
The fact that the two languages were intertwined for 300 years naturally led to word exchanges. Almost every word related to the state is a gift from French to English.
While the British nation was hungry, miserable and helpless, the French were not. They were so carefree and carefree. Consequently, all kinds of luxury and pleasure items, sublime, noble and noble concepts were expressed in Norman (French) language, while simple things were expressed in English words.”