English in America | The Adventure of English Ep.5

Upon landing in North America, settlers encountered Squanto, a native man who had been captured and brought to England to learn English and become a guide. After escaping, Squanto returned to his tribe, which happened to live near the place that the English settlers had created their small village. Among shockingly few other words, the settlers adopted “skunk“ and “squash“ into their vocabulary from the local language, making clear that they meant to impose their own culture, rather than adopt any other...
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