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mmm

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on: Jul 14, 2018
The English words hear, give, black, worm, fire, ashes, spitting, mother and man
 
  A) are among the world's oldest and most durable words.
  B) represent words that are truly American English words.
  C) became official after starting out as slang words.
  D) linguistically drifted to the United Kingdom from the European mainland.
  E) all used to mean the same thing.

Question 2

Which of the following is a good example of a fusion language?
 
  A) Garifuna spoken in New York City
  B) Dothraki and High Valyrian spoken on Game of Thrones
  C) Sign language spoken in Nicaragua
  D) the 87 dialects of the Iranian language
  E) German


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Reply #1 on: Jul 14, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: A

Answer to Question 2

Answer: A


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