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Anglish is what you get when you start with new English, leave out words that came from French since the 1066 Norman infare, and bring bindwords forward from Old English to fill the gaps. Wobbly speechlore teacher Andy of ILoveLanguages tells more.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvh0O7JV73g

#Anglish #English #Linguistics

Scots is what would have happened to English had 1066 not happened. *whistles innocently*

#Linguistics #English #Anglish #Scots

#Anglish, eit forsøk på å sleppe nokre av framandspråka som ikkje er av britisk opphav ut av "åtte hundre språk i ein lang frakk"-situasjonen som engelsk er i dag: https://www.reddit.com/r/anglish/ #SpråkTut

@[email protected] I am interested! I bet the #anglish community would be too

English often has a Latin-based elevated word and a Germanic word with a more gritty to-the-point connotation. Examples are cadaver/corpse, perspiration/sweat.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Germanic_and_Latinate_equivalents_in_English

If #English had evolved into separate Germanic and Romance languages, maybe called #Anglish and Engles, I imagine seeing bilingual signs like this one at a bar in #Austin. #Linguistics

English purism!
https://theanglishtimes.com/

#English #Anglish #Linguistics #Language

Scots has a common ancestor with English...

"For fowk that haes an intress in releegious warks, owersettin texts, or baith, the’r a rare gaithery o texts no lang set ower fae the Ebrew scripters intae Scots. Hugh S Pyper haes brocht thegither nae less nor five texts – The Sang o Sangs, Ruth, Lamentations, Qoheleth, an Eshter, in ae volume cryed The Five Scrolls an set furth bi Handsel Press. "

https://www.scotslanguage.com/news/6493

Northumbrian Old English settled in south-eastern Scotland

English is what happens when the french try to speak german as they say.

Also if you are interested there is the Anglish language.

#Linguistics #Language #English #Scots #Anglish

‼️ Ofermorroƿ is Blootmonth ‼️

#Anglish

(English - The day after tomorrow is November)

Russia Sends Starcraft To Moon
[In "Anglish", that is, English without Romance words]

https://theanglishtimes.com/happenings/2023/08/russia-sends-starcraft-to-moon.html

#anglish

Isn't English a #CreoleLanguage itself, given that it's ancestor #Anglish emerged from German/Saxon but was heavily influenced by #NormanFrench and #Norse language during their respective usurpation (#NormanConquestOfEngland/#Danelaw)?

#Etymology #Linguistics

Today, I learned about the satirical #Anglish movement which aims to remove non-English root words from our vocabulary to simplify our ever-expanding language. It's funny because this is exactly how I would explain Quantum Mechanics to a time-travelling Erik the Red.

The short story linked to in this article ("Uncleftish Beholding") is perhaps the most interesting introduction to chemistry and physics that I've ever read. #PoulAnderson #english #anglish
Anglish: English without the imported stuff | #BoingBoing
https://boingboing.net/2023/04/20/anglish-english-without-the-imported-stuff.html

I'm more or less bilingual (#Spanish and #English). I've been thinking about how to communicate with a sense of otherness in both languages. I was considering mangling #Asturian, #Aragonese, or one of the other Iberian tongues, since that would be easier for a native Spanish speaker like myself. Google, in its own twisted, helpful way just recommended me a#YouTube #video about #Anglish... Well, to a rabbit hole I go, then.

https://youtu.be/aMA3M6b9iEY

#Linguistics #AnglishLanguage

@david_megginson

Yes, indeed. For me it's interesting to dive into these vocabularies and find out about language development and the histories of the people who used them. But there's potentially a darker side to '#Anglish' which promotes an insular and perhaps #fascist position I'd hope people wouldn't adopt.

You're absolutely right. Language develops by convention, so whatever most people say is 'correct'. Artificial constraints are unnatural and will tend to be rejected by most people.

'#Anglish' - #English Without The Foreign Bits - #RobWords

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMA3M6b9iEY&ab_channel=RobWords

#AnglishLanguage #Language #EnglishLanguage #French #Latin #Vocabulary #AngloSaxonVocabulary #AngloSaxon #Vocabulary

I want to make a bot that posts https://theanglishtimes.com/ articles to the Fedi but I have way more projects than time... #anglish #bots #conlangs

@The_Whore_of_Blahbylon maybe so. I just think it’s unrealistic to expect people to go back to the “right” pronunciation after it’s been changed for more than a couple generations.

I USED to want an English Academy, even if it didn’t have the force of law like l’académie française. But, I realized that what is important is the message. If people understand, that’s all that matters.

I DO like fun and creative exercises like trying to speak #Anglish - 100% Germanic English.