American English and British English  (Sahil Sharifdin Bhat ) Things to be learnt  Introduction  Difference in Spelling  Difference in Words/vocabulary Difference in Grammar  Difference in Pronunciation /accent   Introduction   English language is more than 1400 years old . Its seeds were sown in 5th century AD by some Germanic people (Also called Anglo-Saxons ) who came from Central Europe and Scandinavia [ now those areas are called northwest Germany, southern Denmark and the Netherlands ] . They spoke various dialects . All dialects spoken by them and later by the natives of Britain from 5th to 11th century AD are collectively known as Old English . Remember, The people of Britain spoke Celtic languages and possibly Latin before they began to speak Old English. Moreover , When William conquered England in 1066 , English language began to be influenced by French language and it marked the beginning of Middle English . Middle English lasted about four centuries and then it was

    Most Girls are Biggest Liars    Read what Kamal Das writes about girls and herself : Book : My Story Writer : Kamala Das Chapter : 12 The Boarders On holidays there were three study sessions for the boarders. One hour in the morning, two hours in the afternoon and one hour between seven and eight in the evening after supper. All that was expected of the students was total silence. The nun in charge of the session sat sewing but slyly watched the girls who dared to raise their eyes from the books to look at one another. On fortunate days we had the mild Sister Thecla who never bothered about what was going on, but read her book or mended old veils, without once looking up from her work. The girl who sat near me one day at study was fifteen and was called Annie. She kept reading and re-reading a letter and when she saw me glance at her, she whispered that she wanted me to read the letter that she had received from a boy. A rich and handsome boy, who was very fair and tall. He