What Is Anglish?
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What Is Anglish?
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#2Reminded of the Japanese native words known as "wago" or "yamato kotoba"[0]:
"Wago...are native Japanese words, meaning those words in Japanese that have been inherited from Old Japanese, rather than being borrowed at some stage. Together with kango (漢語) and gairaigo (外来語), they form one of the three main sources of Japanese words (there is also elaborate Japanese sound symbolism, of mimetic origin). They are also known as yamato kotoba."
Perhaps like "Anglish", there is an ease and softness to yamato kotoba, especially when compared to foreign loan words (both kango and gairaigo). Here[1] is a nice representative sample of 100 words and expressions.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wago
[1] https://origamijapan.net/origami/2018/01/13/yamato-kotoba/
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#4Wait, computer isn't English native?
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#6If you want to read way more Anglish: https://anglish.fandom.com/wiki/Oned_Riches_of_Emerichland
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#7"The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don’t just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary."
--James D. Nicoll
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#8Because linguistic purism has a totally untroubled and neutral history of effectiveness.
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#10> Anglish is a kind of English which prefers native words over those borrowed from foreign languages.
does not make sense - english is a language sythesised from huge borrowings from other languages, over time. what is the "native" language supposed to be?