jayles
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on: “Anglish”
"Government" : whether it be a dictatatorship (overlordship)...
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Benchmarking: as I didn't know what was meant by "frume" I j...
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1)If we wish to make a good push toward de-latinizing Englis...
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http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Frume...
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Thorn: yes; of course the end deemingmark (ultimate criterio...
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Gallitrot: "But they're Latin/Norman French loving dolts" Wh...
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We also have "cart-wright" and "shipwright", and "wheel-wrig...
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Thanks : "heleth" can be found in wiktionary so I think it c...
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It seems that later (maybe from mining and/or compasses ) an...
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Sorry by 'rhinestone' I meant 'imitation' ; I shall have to...
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The upside of "lodestar" is that it is at least in today's w...
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OH Ængelfolc you are my LODESTAR !!!! or "the lodestar of P...
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perhaps "lodestar" for hero ??? Icelandic has three words ...
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re Held: Why do you ask? ;-) I was just looking for a stand...
on: An unforecasted dilemma
The past participle of 'cast' is 'cast' for instance 'After ...
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Ængelfolc: Oh and I forgot to remark on childrens' comic pap...
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Ængelfolc: I think the gainst-German feeling in the UK just ...
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Aegelfolc: I do remember reading Frisian poetry at skool and...
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Wow yes "let-holder" magic thank you. Many German place nam...
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Yes thanks. However, lodger/boarder refers to someone who re...
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Any stand-in for "tenant"?? "Holder" of course, but somewh...
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So do we keep "change" "exchange" in our "English" wordstock...
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"But theft serveth of wicked note Hyt hangeth hys master by...
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Well I'm not very bookish, but looking at the doing thereof,...
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Why can't Old English words be dusted ... and put back in th...
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In my life I have dared to dream and sometimes lived my drea...
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It all rides on whether one wishes to be understood by all a...
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Might I put forward "benote", that is since "use" is a yoked...
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For myself I am quite happy to get rid of "utilize", "utiliz...
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If I look up "brook" or "note" online I find many meanings b...
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Gallitrot: stimme ein. I had never consiered the lot of tho...
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"targe" is still found in Shakespear (Antony and Cleo??) mea...
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"paled into insignificance" >> become as bleak nothingness??...
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Good, we seem to be of the same mind. I find when I am wri...
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Yes the whole spelling saga is on the Wikipedia page for spe...
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comprehensive ->> all-enfolding, or perhaps "sweeping" r...
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Far be it from me to weigh in here but ... 1) Sieg is perha...
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By the way there is one setting where we do put something be...
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I came up with "High-Reeve" because it is still brooked in s...
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bin der selber Meinung. I had a trimaran that was quite yare...
on: “If I was” vs. “If I were”
"It is high time you went to bed". "I would rather that you...
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I thought "baker" orignally came from the latin "pistor" ???...
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So "the draft" (as in conscripted soldiers) is Germanic? Bu...
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Anwulf: you might take a look at heeresranks: eg wikipedia m...
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"The Home Guard" could be the English defence forces.. "hor...
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In truth "realm" stems from "royaume" so "the English govern...
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I struggled to write an email in anglish at last: I have sp...
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Well done! I think 'geld' was some kind of tax. So 'pensio...
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Pension?? do we have a good word for it? something ending in...
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gesaelig is now of course "silly" in today's English. Perhap...
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I would fain point out that "wlatsome" is forsooth "loatheso...
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So how does one pronounce "wlatsome"??? Is the "w" silent?? ...
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Found 'poll' is from M L G so we can brook it for elections...
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So we might use "wielding" instead of government to mean the...
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"wield" - found out that this is kin to "walten", "Gewalt", ...
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Bemoaning my fate yet again.... "Collocations" is not a word...
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"However, I don't think I would teach some of the old words ...
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The other thing is knowing which words are truly latinate wh...
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Today, looking at a news article for students to discuss, I ...
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"for" meaning because is still brooked as a conjunction toda...
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"The right to bare arms" (misunderstood in the North as "Th...
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Yes but keep in mind that "highte" is sort of passive in mea...
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"there was a knight that highte Theseus" - Chaucer, the knig...
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Oddly enough, newswriters are often aware of short English w...
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Much as I would teach "befuddled" to ESOL students, "confuse...
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Wonderful thought to brook "yokeing" and "yokeless"; perhaps...
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In England where English is spoke men say "full stop" at the...
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Lastly of course it's all about collocations: for instance I...
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I should add that Korean like OE is an SOV tongue so word or...
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Anwulf: I would love not to use grammatical terms like "subj...
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"overblown" ??...
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"Ich gratuliere Ihnen zu Ihrem zukuenftigen Ruhestand!" Wer...
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rel "link": sadly we already use "linking" "linkers" when t...
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Or there is unevenness .... "Inequality and the wealth divi...
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Ængelfolc: re "headstrong": thanks; part of my job is to mak...
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Anwulf: "wite = blame (both noun and verb)" : would be befud...
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So: twice-wed, twice-sundered?...
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"Oh, and sh*t(e... " so THAT's what the garden shed is fo...
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Is "hosp" or "frack" still in German?? I can't seem to come ...
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Anwulf: so those of us who do not know OE are unworthy???...
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was at a fordeal >>> had the upperhand?? held sway?? was a...
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advantage >>> upside, disadvantage >>> downside, drawbacks...
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intentional >>> willful pejorative >>> ??? introspective ...
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"What can I do besides complain" : sounds okay to me too "...
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1) Isn't it strange how latinate (and greek) words sound stu...
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Angelfolc: perhaps you could modernise the months; my OE is ...
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so would you tell your girlfriend you have : a) jock itch ...
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I just meant they sound the same...
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Sadly "hoar" is also spelt "whore"; so "whore-iness" could b...
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Q: "parents" >>> "elders" or ???? "grandparents" >>> ???? ...
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rootless >>> plug-in; add-on ??? development >> betterments...
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AnWulf: gobbledegook is gobbledegook however you put it, wha...
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AnWulf: " the 'dom' in dominatrix.." yes you're right, so do...
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Stanmund: "I had not the weest drift of what the Latinate 'a...
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move >> shift OMG I pretend to be an English teacher, but...
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"umwelt" : the online dictionary gives the meaning as slight...
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The answer is unclouded....
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"To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, Creeps in this pe...
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Without children there are no tomorrows. (we already say thi...
April 6, 2012, 5:53pm • 0 vote
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I take it that freke and freak have the same pronunciation??...