Consequently English has become a compound mixture of different language traditions, and with Anglo-Saxon, French and Classical (Latin and Greek) spelling forms all being used. Even the English alphabet has undergone change, some sounds being represented by runic symbols, and others by Irish forms of the Latin alphabet, including Latin digraphs such as the lettter æ ('ash'). read more
The Saxon tribes occupied the modern counties of Wessex (West Saxons), Essex (East Saxons) and Sussex (South Saxons). We shall throw in Kent, one of the most pleasant and fertile of the English counties. read more