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JW
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05 April 2011 at 1:15am | IP Logged 
This thread is for writing in the English tongue but without words borrowed from other tongues like French, Latin and Greek. Give it a go. I think you will find it harder than you might guess to make your speech plain to other folks without borrowings.

Here is a link that talks more about Anglish:

http://anglish.wikia.com/wiki/Anglish

Edited by JW on 05 April 2011 at 1:20am

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05 April 2011 at 1:32am | IP Logged 
What shall we talk about in Anglish? I had never even heard of Anglish before today.
However, writing only these few words has made me work hard to not write words from
naughty tongues! Do tell me if you find mistakes in my writings, I used
http://www.etymonline.com to help me!
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05 April 2011 at 1:57am | IP Logged 
mr_chinnery wrote:
I used

Only this I think is wrong. It goes back to the Latin tongue:

1175–1225; (v.) Middle English usen < Old French user < Latin ūsus, past participle of ūtī to use; (noun) Middle English < Old French < Latin ūsus act of using a thing, application, employment, equivalent to ūt-, stem of ūtī to use + -tus suffix of v. action, with tt > s

We can talk about anything and everything in this thread but you cannot write outland words.
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mr_chinnery
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05 April 2011 at 3:10am | IP Logged 
How do I find another word for 'use'...hmmmmm that's a hard one!

JW, how did you come to be aware of Anglish, and what, for you, makes it a tongue to be
learnt and known?
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05 April 2011 at 3:20am | IP Logged 
I think it is a wonderful thought to write only in truly English words. Reading about it at the place which JW gave, it made English seem so endearing. It is indeed rather hard to write without 'benutzing' (how can you say "use"?) words from French or other outland tongues.

EDIT: Ugh! I remembered that "interesting" is a borrowing. I can't think of anything better, so I wrote "wonderful" instead.

Edited by ellasevia on 05 April 2011 at 3:21am

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05 April 2011 at 4:01am | IP Logged 
Some great links:
Online Etymology Dictionary
List of English words of Anglo-Saxon origin
List of English words of Old Norse origin
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 Message 7 of 39
05 April 2011 at 4:27am | IP Logged 
mr_chinnery wrote:
How do I find another word for 'use'...hmmmmm that's a hard one!

J

I suppose you could say that "[link] was your helping hand" or you 'beheld" it.

Not as precise, I know.

R.
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05 April 2011 at 4:42am | IP Logged 
use     vb    & nbsp;
note (ME, from OE notu), brook (at wikiwordbook), brouk, handle, work, wield, do with, put forth, play on


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