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Revision as of 07:33, 5 February 2022
What is Anglish?
Anglish is linguistic purism in English. The Anglish movement seeks to use native English words rather than borrowed words from foreign languages.
For example:
Dictionary > Wordbook
Famous > Nameknown
Computer > Reckoner
This is achieved by simply choosing to use a native word over a borrowed word, or if there is no modern native word for a given concept, Old English words can be revived and updated to modern spelling to be used for a modern meaning.
History
The term "Anglish" was first made up by Paul Jennings in 1966, however the desire to remove foreign influence from the English language is a tradition that goes back all the way to 1066 when the Norman invasion brought in the majority of foreign vocabulary to English.