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This has the same feel as avoiding "immigrant German". My family is ESL, and communicating in our original language/dialect has devolved into a free mix of Ger
by MarkusWandel 4y ago
This has the same feel as avoiding "immigrant German". My family is ESL, and communicating in our original language/dialect has devolved into a free mix of German and English words. It takes a conscious effort to keep it all German when talking with relatives from the old country! But I agree with others, trying to keep English "pure" is a lost cause; it's a glorious hodgepodge of influences from all over, and I love it (as an ESL person).
- triyambakam 4y agoThis project isn't ideologically motivated, which I think many people immediately jump to that conclusion. It is a fun project to explore. If you have never come across the conlang (constructed language) community it might not make sense, but it's more so linguists and linguistic hobbyists having fun.
- MarkusWandel 4y agoSure. Reminds me of "Up Goer Five" but these language experiments don't stay interesting for long.
- triyambakam 4y agoMaybe not interesting to you... but I've been interested in Anglish for almost 20 years :)
- shkkmo 4y ago> This project isn't ideologically motivated I'm sure many people who play with the idea are not ideologically motivated. However, like some other constructed languages, ideology does play a non-neglible role. I think any time the word 'pure' is used to describe Anglish, it seems likely that some sort of ideological motivation is at play. William Barnes, for example, supported english purification to make the language more accessible to the uneducated. many supports of the language were
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