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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.

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Famous > Nameknown
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Decide > Choose
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.

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