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Someone has written software to help Anglishizing words and text, yes? If not, someone will, right? This is a great thesis project for a student of computer sc

• 082349872349872 6y ago
  I doubt it's been software (I suspect wetware), but Anglishisation during my lifetime has included: soldier => warfighter legislator => lawmaker. (the prof who made the game of Life would now and then play a game where one must say what one would like to in just words that have no more than one "sound" to them.)
  • scubbo 6y ago
    What constitutes a "sound"? (Googling "Conway linguistic game" just brings up the Game of Life)
    • yorwba 6y ago
      It's a way to say "syllable" with less than one of those. This text in the New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/16/science/john-conway-math.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/16/science/john-conway-math.... calls it "One Bit Word Game". I think "slab" might be a good choice, too, 'cause it sounds like the long word it stands in for. This game is hard, but in some tongues, it may be worse, if there are just a few slabs that can be used and most words have more than one.
  • philwelch 6y ago
    “Warfighter” is one of the more recent of a series of invented terms for members of the American military. “Soldier” strictly implies a member of the Army, and since we have four going on five branches of the military now, simply listing them all (soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines, and...spacemen?) is awkward. The previous catch-all term of “servicemen” is considered sexist, on top of not sounding nearly as macho for whatever that’s worth.
    • mc32 6y ago
      Servicemen or servicewomen does make me think of a service station more than martial forces.