Introduction

episode 18, keeping time with the romans. The latin dialect spoken in that region eventually evolved into an early form of french known as old french. And it was this version of french which the normans brought with them to england in ten 66,. and which radically transformed english into the language we have to day. This time i want to talk about time, or at least the roman concept of time. Because not only do many of our time related terms come from latin, but also because it helps to illustrate how the language of the romans permeates modern english.