The Linguistic Purity Movement
Jul. 20th, 2004 08:34 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mdehnersIt’s been a number of years since I heard of the “Niw Englisc”, “Anglisc” or “Vinnish” Movements...movements to do for English (and in the case of Vinnish for American English) what Icelanders (and yes, France< G >..) do for their Language(s).
It sounds easier than it is. Without a good dictionary, it is often hard to tell if a Modern English word comes from another linguistic family...
Merits of “Language Purity Movements” aside , it makes an interesting exercise in thinking. Probably the easiest step is to, if following the Niw Englisc or Anglisc model is to use Old English spelling. Ever wonder why we have the letter “C”, when it’s sounds already have letters of their own? “C” is the “ch” sound and when combined with the letter “S” is the “sh” sound. For ‘South Park’ fans, the proper pronunciation of the term was “shite” not “skite” < G >! There are other spelling differences, such as using “F” for “V” (such as “sefon” for seven), “Ge” for the “Ye” sound/syllable at the beginning of a word and of course the “ð” (th as in the) and þ (th as in thin)...
Ðis week ich be going to try to simply use the OE spelling in Heaðen coorespondense. It´ll start out slow and klunky but hopefully by the end of the week ich be better at it< G >...
Troþ,
Pat
It sounds easier than it is. Without a good dictionary, it is often hard to tell if a Modern English word comes from another linguistic family...
Merits of “Language Purity Movements” aside , it makes an interesting exercise in thinking. Probably the easiest step is to, if following the Niw Englisc or Anglisc model is to use Old English spelling. Ever wonder why we have the letter “C”, when it’s sounds already have letters of their own? “C” is the “ch” sound and when combined with the letter “S” is the “sh” sound. For ‘South Park’ fans, the proper pronunciation of the term was “shite” not “skite” < G >! There are other spelling differences, such as using “F” for “V” (such as “sefon” for seven), “Ge” for the “Ye” sound/syllable at the beginning of a word and of course the “ð” (th as in the) and þ (th as in thin)...
Ðis week ich be going to try to simply use the OE spelling in Heaðen coorespondense. It´ll start out slow and klunky but hopefully by the end of the week ich be better at it< G >...
Troþ,
Pat
