Anglish - english without loanwords

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This fellowship is open to anyone who is nosy about delving into anglish. This fellowship is anti-fascists.

I will not frem any more steers unless it unfold itself to be needed.

https://anglish.org/wiki/Anglish

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I made this community because I've been using the anglish dictionary for a while now, and I felt it was nice to have a spot to post about anglish if I wanted to raise some opinions about one thing or another.

On the other side, I haven't read much anglish, so I don't have a flow with the language.

I have been part of the telegram group, but I left it after the core left.

Otherwise I feel like anglish has an easy time attracting fascists. but I will be very clear that they are not welcome here.

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submitted 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) by activistPnk@slrpnk.net to c/Anglish@slrpnk.net
 
 

I had a Scottish colleague who loved to use Scottish words when talking to me. He would say “keks” for pants. Thought it was weird that I would equate trousers to underwear (b/c to brits pants is underwear).

It was fun. But anyway, if an American wants to speak Anglish, does this mean they would then be trying to use strange foreign English words in place of French and Dutch borrowed words? The idea being that many Scottish English words are likely pure English assuming they were not borrowed.

Here is an interesting stat: just as many Chinese people speak English as Americans. This is due to the population difference. So the English-speaking Chinese are inventing their own English words just like any other culture. So they are influencing the language. If they invent a word that is not borrowed, does it become incorporated into Anglish in the effort to look for pure English words that replace French and Dutch influence?

(update) Guess it’s not trivial because the article I linked claims Scottish is not a dialect of English but another language on its own. Not sure if that is widely accepted.