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Swift (surname)
Swift is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Adam Swift (born 1961), British political philosopher and sociologist * Allan Swift (1935–2018), American politician *Austin Swift (born 1992), American actor *Ben Swift (born 1987), British racing cyclist *Bill Swift (born 1961), American baseball player *Bill Swift (1930s pitcher) (1908–1969), American baseball player * Catherine Swift (living), Canadian businesswoman *Charles Swift (born 1961), American attorney *Clement Nye Swift (1846–1918), American painter *Clive Swift (1936–2019), British actor *Connor Swift (born 1995), British racing cyclist *D'Andre Swift (born 1999), American football player *David Swift (actor) (1931–2016), British actor *David Swift (director) (1919–2001), American screenwriter, animator, director, and producer *Deborah Swift Deborah Swift (born 1955), who has also written as Davina Blake, is an English writer of historical fiction, based in north west Lancashire. He ... [...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] |
