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CaeciliusEstInPussy t1_j7dvm1o wrote

If the English got rid of the French in English out of hatred for the French, there’d be many missing holes. I assume unlearning language and vocabulary you grow up with is impractical and difficult for the average Joe or Jane. I’m not a linguist or a historian, but to me it seems unpractical, hatred or not.

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EclecticCacophony t1_ja9o7ec wrote

There's a small fringe 'movement' of sorts to remove non-Germanic words from English. This manner of speaking and writing is referred to as "Anglish." A telephone becomes a "farspeaker," a dictionary becomes a "wordbook," and so on. There are some interesting discussions about all this over at r/anglish

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