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Hoyle is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Arthur Hoyle (1922–2012), Australian historian and biographer * Bert Hoyle (1920–2003), English footballer * Colin Hoyle (born 1972), English footballer * David Hoyle (performance artist) (born 1962), British performance artist * David W. Hoyle (born 1939), North Carolina politician * Dean Hoyle (born 1967), British businessman * Doug Hoyle (born 1930), British politician * Edmond Hoyle (1672–1769), compiler of rules of card games * Sir Fred Hoyle (1915–2001), British astronomer and science fiction writer * Geoff Hoyle (born 1945), British actor * Geoffrey Hoyle (born 1942), English science fiction writer, son of Sir Fred Hoyle * Henry Hoyle (born 1852), Australian politician and rugby league football administrator * Isaac Hoyle (1828–1911), British mill owner and politician *Jacob Hoyle (born 1994), American Olympic fencer * Jonas Hoyl (1834–1906), American politician * Joshua Hoyle (died ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Language
English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain. Existing on a dialect continuum with Scots, and then closest related to the Low Saxon and Frisian languages, English is genealogically West Germanic. However, its vocabulary is also distinctively influenced by dialects of France (about 29% of Modern English words) and Latin (also about 29%), plus some grammar and a small amount of core vocabulary influenced by Old Norse (a North Germanic language). Speakers of English are called Anglophones. The earliest forms of English, collectively known as Old English, evolved from a group of West Germanic (Ingvaeonic) dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the 5th century and further mutated by Norse-speaking Viking settlers starting in the 8th and 9th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
