Why You Need Anglish

I read a short article that I wrote for The Institute of England.
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[@timguiness6361]

As a Frenchman, I feel no slight from this, for I think Anglish is truly great! And I feel like I’m learning a tongue truly unlike my own.

[@chingachgook9718]

Bless the algorithm for bringing this into my view. Word etymology is a permanent interst in my life, and the concept of Anglish is just another facet. Thanks.

[@noahjohnson5312]

don't feal sorry about any french words; dante wrote an essay in latin about how vernacular languages are worthy of respect and can be used for literary purposes.

[@iainb1577]

I agree with all the aforesaid and it's good fun also.

[@demetriusstavrinos1909]

AFORESAID....GREAT WORD INDEED....❤❤❤❤

[@iainb1577]

@@demetriusstavrinos1909 Thank you. It is still in fairly common use in Scotland.

[@TheronGBurrough]

My Mother taught me to look up words' etymology when I was small. It's a good mental and intellectual practice. As for choosing a pure English or Anglish tongue in your life, I don't see why Italians would find that intuitive. However, I've been griping to myself that someone other than me decided I'd live in a Greco-Roman world, and speak bits of the languages of past invaders, like the British Empire. This author gives the example of the word "lifestyle" being invented and introduced into common parlance (Oh, No!), ultimately to connote that eating bad food is a personal choice. He points out how "an on-the-go lifestyle" led people to accept unhealthy practices in their own lives. So how many things did we learn to accept, obey or die for because of Roman, Greek, British, French, Middle-Eastern, Celtic or other linguistic influences? Maybe almost all of them? If you don't want to be silently programmed by the predominating influence du jour (Oh, No!) then I think you should look up the origins of words, their exact meaning, and most of the other intellectual topics that were spreading from classical education's adaptation to American culture, prior to being swamped by foreign Psychological Operations.

[@craigchronicles5130]

Well spoken ❤

[@Whydidimakethis23]

Who is gonna tell him that Anglos came from Scandinavia and Saxons from Germany. The true owners of what is now modern day Uk are the irish and the scottish

[@RavenPoe-bz7qx]

While I like the idea, that's something close to impossible, it's probably more feasible that we all learn to speak Esperanto. In addition, modern English has become the dominant language where every language pretty much borrows from English, that not even the French or Chinese languages are safe. Don't get me wrong, I love the idea and I would advocate for Anglish to be learned, I speak a few languages and language has always fascinated me at an early age. Interesting article and I had never heard of Anglish before.

[@Rolando_Cueva]

You'll see that Mandarin is the language with the least amount of English loanwords. There's like sanminzhi (sandwich) and basi (bus) but for the most part they're doing really well!!

[@RavenPoe-bz7qx]

@Rolando_Cueva I think it also has to do with the type of language that Mandarin is, as there already set rules/characters for each word and how to create words. The best thing that Mandarin can do is borrow words through sounds. But what about the languages concentrated in that area? Which languages has Mandarin borrowed from through the ages that it has been in existence? Let's not forget that there are many languages spoken in China and I even think that standard Mandarin is comprised of those many languages, don't quote me on that. What argument I'm trying to make is that it is close to impossible to keep a language pure, as history has demonstrated that cultures and languages have been borrowing from each ever since like forever, especially the neighboring regions. In fact I believe that the more words a language borrows and "makes it its own", the more complex, sophisticated, influential, and powerful it becomes, and I believe English has been one of the few to do this successfully. If I say, I have explained it to you ad nauseam, it makes me sound snobbish all of a sudden, versus if I just say, I'm sick and tired if explaining it to you. However there is something very beautiful and sophisticated about Anglish and how it sounds, based on some samples this user has created for us.

[@pootytang2872]

Esperanto was a jewish + communist project

[@geoffreyforbes2910]

Those are all good points, but I think “need” is a bit of exaggeration. Still, it’s a really cool idea and sounds like slot of fun.

[@thegreaterclaush8292]

I love the idea I might try a find to use it, personally I am a big fan of the impurity of current technical terms and how fucked up you can make words and somehow have an understanding

[@YamnayaSintash]

To learn Anglish is to honor your Anglo Saxon ancestors by decolonizing your tongue of any outlandish Norman crap.

[@burgeryoufoundbehindthegrill]

Imagine if we renamed all the science terms into Anglish. Learning science would be 50x easier for kids. Most academic jargon is just unnecessary latin that could easily be replaced. It was put there to gatekeep the commonfolk and give wealthy/aristocratic snobs a monopoly.

[@noahjohnson5312]

honestly that makes perfect sense. the idea that scientific vocabulary should come from dead languages is worthy of a south park episode.

[@ericray7173]

It’s done for a couple of reasons. Back when Science began in earnest as a process that we began writing down, Latin was still THE written language in use. If you wrote things down - you did so in Latin. Secondly, many languages stem from Latin, making it the perfect language to use that spreads out the barriers to understanding it (Scientific terminology).

[@noahjohnson5312]

@ that outlived its function long ago. our knowledge is light years beyond what the ancient romans (the native speakers of Latin) knew; not even the most brilliant and well educated roman knew that the sun was a star, that the earth was a planet, or that the earth orbited the sun; things that the average first grader knows today. to the romans the idea that the earth was round would have been a controversial guess known only to a few; yet kindergarteners are taught it today. I speak from my own experience about when the knowledge is taught. Dead languages are by definition the languages of ignorant primitives; so, it makes no sense for any living language to use them to coin new scientific terminology. it runs against the whole spirit of scientific enquiry to use Latin roots. That is why it belongs in a south park episode.

[@peterduffy271]

Tolkien did mix languages. The Hobbits of Buckland have a different dialect because their language is influenced by the men of Dunland. I like invented languages, and movements to revive dead languages and etc, but this feels like it's guided by some bizarre misguided nationalism

[@mudhuthanudimmudkahagadulh4657]

Thank God this is happening. Im really sick of this Greek and French in English that I have no thoughts of what it means and neither do I care to speak it. I believe after the battle of Hastings the french language was seen as superior to English. So I think cleaning up English is a good thought to have, I thring everyone of English blood to do the same. However I think bringing back the superior tones of pure English (some may say old English) is a must have in this day and time. I think anglish is a step to get there. Please link yourselves back to your ancestors it's very important though some have tried to convince others that your ancestors are not important. I ask them then "how did we get here if our ancestors did not survive for us." I'm not English but I like the reord and that link to speak to your ancestors is lost as of now for the English.

[@demetriusstavrinos1909]

HOW ELSE WOULD YOU CALL MATHEMATICS....OR HISTORY????

[@demetriusstavrinos1909]

😮😮😮😮😮

[@RyanWRoehlAKZoomberBoomer]

What would the Alphabet be ( still with the Romanized Latin Alphabet or something like the Shavian Alphabet? )

[@ForrestLittle-gh3on]

Thank you for your clear mind.

[@demetriusstavrinos1909]

GREEK IS THE CRIB LANGUAGE TO MANY OTHERS.....ANGLISH COULD NOT BE A MATRIX LANGUAGE TO LEND OR GIVE AWAY ANY VOCABULARY TO A GREATER LANGUAGE GROUP!!!! THE BALANCED USE OF LOAN VOCABULARY CAN MAKE ENGLISH OR ANGLISH LANGUAGE SPEAKERS SOUND NATURALLY ELOQUENT AND COMPREHENSIBLE,AS WELL....!!!!!

[@dareka54]

Can you please explain what you mean by Greek being a "crib" language to many others? And also, what do you mean that Anglish could never be a matrix language to lend vocabulary to other greater language groups? Why would Anglish vocabulary be less effective than that of Ancient Greek or Classical Latin?

[@darkcnotion]

It already is lending vocabulary to the rest of the world.

[@AlexBraddyAuthor]

I am very interested...

[@justcallmebrian793]

I like this

[@HyperboreanKnowledge]

Based

[@Sevish]

A way of making English easier to learn and understand? Sounds great! Let's see what Anglishers are saying... Brook... Wend... Thorn eth ash... Runes... Theedish... Wtf this ain't it, is there an offshoot of Anglish that excludes people who take it too far?

[@dareka54]

Yeah I totally see what you're saying. I'm not an Anglisher and my opinion on the topic doesn't matter, but personally I think "foreign" words that are short and express easy/basic concepts don't cause any issues in English. For example, words like "use, change, letter, person, spirit, etc" are all foreign but so easy and essential. But it IS cool to learn the native English equivalent of those words and get an idea of how English would be if we still used them

[@MothMaidenCeri]

A barebones truth well spoken

[@slangyrussianwords5972]

cool

[@LifestylewithSharon]

Just subscribed. Interesting video

[@weirdscenepastelbunny]

👍

[@violenceislife1987]

😂 i agree. Subscribed

[@pedrofr1434]

This is nonsense, french, greek, latin, etc. heritage is part of English culture whether you like it or not. Every single language in the world has foreign words

[@TheAnglishTimes]

Do you know what Stockholm syndrome is?

[@pedrofr1434]

@@TheAnglishTimes what does that have to do with this? Languages, like people and culture have mixed origins, they are no pure languages

[@natekelly6435]

@@pedrofr1434someone’s hobby or interest makes you angry.

[@CJ-kb4gv]

I've got mixed views on Anglish. On one hand I do fancy it because I also think it is more "aesthetic" than Modern English on account of using symbols and even accents once more (amongst more complex things such as ,"noun genders" coming back), however... On the other hand, as the article mentioned by the end of the video, Anglish is a project that should *never* propound to replace Modern English, also, despite this "language purism" spoken of (which is impossible by itself since "Old English" was already influenced by Old Norse, so...), the only reason I'd want to write and even try and speak in Anglish is to see how English would have been without its French thus Latin roots and expressions, that's it. For instance, I wouldn't want to resort to having runes once more, it'd be impractical, although I do agree that many ancient Germanic words could be revived to be utilised as synonyms for already existing ones which originate from Latin/French directly. Anglish could even be brought as an alternative into literature as a means of a creative way of writing & speaking (but not to change English altogether, considering more work ought to be done and that all English-speaking folk use many Latin/French loanwords in their day to day lives). Thence, "Anglish" (Ænglisc) should be reckoned as a new (creative) tongue; it's not Old English nor is it Modern English, but rather a commingle of those two, seeking to reduce "foreign sway" but not to remove it completely.

[@ahorton880]

​@pedrofr1434 Not a good argument at all. Just because English presently has many borrowed words in common use, it does not follow that it must be that way. You can't get an ought from an is. Besides, the goal of Anglish is not to replace the global lingua-franca that English has become today anyhow. However, if enough people choose to speak Anglish, I see no reason why they ought not to.

[@kaneqangut]

sōþbund

[@ericray7173]

Are you cereal? All the loan words are part of WHAT ENGLISH IS! It’s a larger part of what English is than it is any other language.

[@LanguageBLOX1_Alt]

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