Anglish
English
Etymology
Coined by British author Paul Jennings in 1966 from Angl(e) + -ish, from Old English Engl(e) + isċ, as a jocular name in the British magazine Punch.[1] Doublet of English.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈæŋ.(ɡ)lɪʃ/, (non-standard) /ˈæŋ.ɡə.lɪʃ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈæŋ.(ɡ)lɪʃ/
- (Upper Midwestern US, Western US, Canada, æ-raising) IPA(key): /ˈeɪŋ.(ɡ)lɪʃ/
- (Australia) IPA(key): /ˈæŋ.ɡləʃ/
- Hyphenation: An‧glish
Proper noun
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Anglish
- A puristic style of English that exclusively uses words of native (Germanic) origin, proscribing words of foreign (especially Latin, French, and Greek) origin.
- Synonyms: Anglo-Saxon English, Eldsay English, Saxon English
- Antonym: Anglese (English altered to resemble a Romance language)
- In Anglish, you would call a dictionary a wordbook.
- 2017 March 25, Lili Bidwell, “Anglish: A Brexiteer’s lingua franca?”, in The Cambridge Student[2], archived from the original on 31 January 2021:
- Whilst you would be forgiven for thinking this statement comes straight from the latest UKIP manifesto, it is in fact a quotation from The Anglish Moot, a fan-page promoting the use of the 'Anglish' language — that is, English with all foreign borrowings stripped away.
Related terms
- Anglian
- Anglo-English (“British English”)
Translations
puristic style of English
Adjective
Anglish (not comparable)
- Of, in, or pertaining to this form of English.
References
- ^ “1066 and All Saxon”, in Anglish[1], 2023, archived from the original on 8 December 2024.