There is a whole branch of the conlang (constructed language) community that is interested in what English would be like if it hadn't been manhandled by Norman

There is a whole branch of the conlang (constructed language) community that is interested in what English would be like if it hadn't been manhandled by Norman French. Science Fiction writer Poul Anderson wrote an essay in which he tried to use as few non-Anglo-Saxon words as possible, using calques from German where necessary. The result is sometimes said to be in "Anders-Saxon". The essay[1] is fun to read and has a Wikipedia page [2]. A friend said it was like reading one of the Norse sagas. [1] https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=alt.language.artificial/ZL4e3fD7eW0/_7p8bKwLJWkJ https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=alt.language... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncleftish_Beholding https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncleftish_Beholding Sorry if this is way too much topic drift from Supercomputers!