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| RogueRook Diglot Senior Member Germany N/A Joined 6832 days ago 174 posts - 177 votes  6 sounds Speaks: German*, English Studies: Hungarian, Turkish | Message 25 of 27 22 July 2006 at 7:53am | IP Logged |
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I think you cannot change the English language with the discussed goal in mind without essentially destroying it.
That is why I offer this thought: Why not devise an artificial language using English grammar and english words of Germanic origin while inventing words for the other concepts based on Old English roots? I propose "New Old English" as a name for this "Germanic Esperanto" 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| linguanima Bilingual Tetraglot Senior Member Australia Joined 6718 days ago 114 posts - 123 votes 3 sounds Speaks: English*, Mandarin*, Spanish, French Studies: Italian, Latin, German | Message 26 of 27 22 July 2006 at 7:56am | IP Logged |
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That would be a good idea. You know, Tolkien amplified the Gothic language lexically.
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| Captain Haddock Diglot Senior Member Japan kanjicabinet.tumblr. Joined 6768 days ago 2282 posts - 2814 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese Studies: French, Korean, Ancient Greek | Message 27 of 27 22 July 2006 at 10:08am | IP Logged |
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Better yet, just use Middle English — a fully functional tongue with few Latin
influences — and create new words as needed. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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