jayles
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on: “Anglish”
I WAS going to suggest "do-er" "do-ee" but realized that wit...
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Ængelfolc: "Trustee" is a good illustration of how fraught t...
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Ængelfolc: Yes indeed I misunderstood you. Trustee: actually...
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Ængelfolc: Trust and transfer have two VERY different meanin...
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yes indeed these nine modal verbs are all Germanic. There ar...
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Stanmund: Most homeborn English speaker have little need to ...
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Ængelfolc: A) When arriving from outer space, the most strik...
on: “Anglish”
Ængelfolc: re szabni (as in szabo a tailor) .. muss aber ge...
on: “Anglish”
There was a map prepared for the Treaty of Trianon which sho...
on: “Anglish”
Ængelfolc: besides featuring in the Milosevich, Karadich, Ml...
on: “Anglish”
Guys: surely glee or gloating is good enough in the right co...
on: “Anglish”
Ængelfolc: Well I must say this column is quite entertaining...
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Oh and I once vary unwisely asked a guy from the "Middle Eas...
on: “Anglish”
Ængelfolc: It is a matter of Weltanschauung*. Students from ...
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wlyan138: German or Dutch are both much purer than English, ...
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Why is an updated OE word more acceptable than a latinate on...
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I always thought the Bayeux Tapestry depicted the UEFA cup f...
on: “Anglish”
Harold's death in 1066 cast a long SHADOW over England. Tha...
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wlyan138 : you are right on the money in saying that disrupt...
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"Sorry to break in" is a common enough way of interrupting; ...
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So quite clearly Harold Godwin just got his just comeuppance...
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Ængelfolc: We are not necessarily dealing with children. Eng...
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Ængelfolc: Fine. The upside to "disruptive" is it describes ...
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Ængelfolc: very good and shows just what can be done. There ...
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wlyan138: looking on the briteside, 95% of scientific papers...
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Ængelfolc: Thank you for your comments including all those ...
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"if the english had won".....yes indeed; but in fact, in rea...
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"Old English was SLAUGHTERED...it cannot be accurate, for if...
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Ængelfolc: Na, toll!...
on: “Anglish”
Re: toll as in death toll. I always assumed this was cognate...
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"Hope you understand the bulk of what i just typed, it's all...
on: “Anglish”
And: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_Latinates...
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Also: http://www.eupedia.com/forum/showthread.php?s=64de6d1...
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_French_words_of_Germani...
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_French_words_of_Germani...
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If analysis/analyze/analyst/analytical are understood by a b...
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Ængelfolc: I would take issue with your earlier assertion th...
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Ængelfolc: about the academic word list: www.oxfordadvancedl...
on: Past Perfect vs. Past Tense
Well it might take you more than a few seconds to tie the ro...
on: “Anglish”
If you haven't already done so try: www.plainenglish.co.uk...
on: gifting vs. giving a gift
'Gift' as a verb is regularly used in the legal profession e...
on: “Anglish”
Ængelfolc: if you seek real pain in the english, take a look...
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Ængelfolc: These people are often not linguists as such. The...
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We do try to teach "made up of" along with "consist of", but...
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Ængelfolc: I absolutely agree; knowing what is really Englis...
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Ængelfolc: Ne haragudj! Ne sertodj meg. Nem akartalak zavarn...
on: Fora vs Forums
When bringing in foreign words some languages change the spe...
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Ængelfolc: as a descendant of the illegitimate son of and No...
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Ænglisc: I would have given you an A but 1) melting suggests...
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Ængelfolc! I award you A- ! That was surprisingly intellig...
on: “Anglish”
I must admit that Anglish would make medical definitions som...
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Ængelfolc! Good. Would you accept a little challenge for you...
on: “Anglish”
Ængelfolc, in general I like the idea of anglish. However th...
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Yes this is indeed a noteworthy FOLKWAYS SHIFT ! I would ho...
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Unluckily there are some hurdles in the way of changing Engl...
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maybe it would give the right impression then!...
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Thou is not out of date It is still used inside the family ...
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more on agglutination....which has been bugging me. 1) resp...
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amen to GMH although hope of purging English has indeed gr...
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Yes English has for sure been overrun with romance loan word...
on: “Anglish”
Hi Talking to an civil engineer at the bus stop, he used the...
April 12, 2011, 1:34pm • 0 vote
on: “Anglish”
Teaching a Korean nun: almost my first words were: how much ...