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minus-squareKSP Atlas@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·2 months agoAnglish is a form of puristic English where all French/Latin derived words (and often others) are removed from English, leaving just the germanic base. A lot of anglish words look like this
minus-squaredejected_warp_core@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoA really great rundown of ‘Anglish’ is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMA3M6b9iEY That whole channel is a goldmine of quirks, curiosities, and facts about English in general.
minus-squareKSP Atlas@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoRobwords is a good channel, good to see it being recommended
Anglish is a form of puristic English where all French/Latin derived words (and often others) are removed from English, leaving just the germanic base. A lot of anglish words look like this
A really great rundown of ‘Anglish’ is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMA3M6b9iEY
That whole channel is a goldmine of quirks, curiosities, and facts about English in general.
Robwords is a good channel, good to see it being recommended