Paul - Grumpy Old Man · @paul_hutchinson
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Russia Sends Starcraft To Moon
[In "Anglish", that is English without Romance words]

theanglishtimes.com/happenings

#anglish

Last updated 1 year ago

John Cutting · @jcutting
75 followers · 491 posts · Server social.vivaldi.net

Today, I learned about the satirical movement which aims to remove non-English root words from our vocabulary to simplify our ever-expanding language. It's funny because this is exactly how I would explain Quantum Mechanics to a time-travelling Erik the Red.

#anglish

Last updated 1 year ago

John Cutting · @jcutting
75 followers · 491 posts · Server social.vivaldi.net

Today, I learned about the satirical movement which aims to remove non-English root words from our vocabulary to simplify our ever-expanding language. It's funny because this is exactly how I would explain Quantum Mechanics to a time-travelling Erik the Red.

#anglish

Last updated 1 year ago

Ben Gleason · @BenGleason
307 followers · 1825 posts · Server zirk.us

The short story linked to in this article ("Uncleftish Beholding") is perhaps the most interesting introduction to chemistry and physics that I've ever read.
Anglish: English without the imported stuff |
boingboing.net/2023/04/20/angl

#poulanderson #english #anglish #boingboing

Last updated 1 year ago

Diego Ramírez · @BlindMoon38
43 followers · 1054 posts · Server dragonscave.space

I'm more or less bilingual ( and ). I've been thinking about how to communicate with a sense of otherness in both languages. I was considering mangling , , or one of the other Iberian tongues, since that would be easier for a native Spanish speaker like myself. Google, in its own twisted, helpful way just recommended me a#YouTube about ... Well, to a rabbit hole I go, then.

youtu.be/aMA3M6b9iEY

#spanish #english #asturian #aragonese #video #anglish #linguistics #anglishlanguage

Last updated 2 years ago

Jim Donegan ✅ · @jimdonegan
1357 followers · 3488 posts · Server mastodon.scot

@david_megginson

Yes, indeed. For me it's interesting to dive into these vocabularies and find out about language development and the histories of the people who used them. But there's potentially a darker side to '' which promotes an insular and perhaps position I'd hope people wouldn't adopt.

You're absolutely right. Language develops by convention, so whatever most people say is 'correct'. Artificial constraints are unnatural and will tend to be rejected by most people.

#fascist #anglish

Last updated 2 years ago

Jim Donegan ✅ · @jimdonegan
1357 followers · 3486 posts · Server mastodon.scot
crucifixGlitch · @crucifixGlitch
23 followers · 145 posts · Server fosstodon.org

I want to make a bot that posts theanglishtimes.com/ articles to the Fedi but I have way more projects than time...

#anglish #bots #conlangs

Last updated 2 years ago