Language belongs to each of us. Everyone uses words. What is It about language that makes people so curious? The answer is that there is almost nothing in our lives that is not touched by language. We live in and by language. We all speak and we all listen: so we are all interested in the origin of words, in how they appear and die. The rise of English is a story wonderful success. When Julius Caesar landed in Britain nearly two thousand year ago, English did not exist. Five hundred years late