This is genius.
And terrible. It’s the sort of clever clever intellectual exercise I love as a joke but I can still see the weft of a deeply stupid nationalism waiting to be activated out of it.
Maybe I’m suspicious because this is exactly what Turkmenbashi’s government did to the Turkmen language in the 90s, “cleaning it” of Persian, Russian, Arabic and English “incursions.” Making the next generation unable to read the works of the countries next door.
Also, if you really want this, speak Dutch.
Originally shared by Frank Mitchell
For GMs or players who like to talk funny in character, I present Anglish.
Anglish is English stripped of its non-Germanic influences, primarily French, Latin, and Greek. If you’re in an alt-history where the Norman Invasion (1066) failed, or just want to pepper your speech with strange-sounding words, learn a few Anglish equivalents to our English.
For bonus points, use Middle English syntax and pronunciation. No one will understand you.
http://anglish.wikia.com/wiki/Main_leaf//cdn.embedly.com/widgets/platform.js
Tattered Remains of Tartary 
Or the Nazi moves e.g. to replace Telefon with Fernsprecher.
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Yeah, I’ve seen English nationalists celebrating this concept online. One of the reasons I stopped using it for gaming purposes.
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Roger Giner-Sorolla my grandparents actually said Fernsprecher! I thought it was just them.
Jeff Rients I’m absolutely not a nationalist but I do kind of love the workmanlike parsability of Dutch for English-speakers – my go-to example is “independent,” which of course is based on a Latin root in English, but in Dutch is “onafhankelijk” – literally “not-off-hanging-like.”
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Also, if you really want this, speak Dutch.
What about Frisian? I don’t know anything about it other than it’s supposed to be really close to English. Or did they also pollute their
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Oh, I’m stealing this.
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Joseph H. Vilas I hear Frisian’s even closer but I have no direct experience with it and can’t recommend a language course. Dutch is strikingly Old English-like, though.
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Joseph H. Vilas youtube.com – Mongrel Nation – Brown cow
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Getting Eddie Izzard in for that was their best decision.
…..now, a Brythonic dictionary I could support.
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Now all we need is an Anglbashi, days of the week renamed after his family members, and a solid gold rotating statue of him installed in the capital (not sure if it should be London or DC).
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Jeff Rients Having auto-captioning on while they’re speaking Old English and Frisian even kinda worked.
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Boris Stremlin new days of the week:
Cheryl
Tamsyn
Bob
Nigel
Uncle ‘Arry
Bodger
Other John
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Fair warning, though, Anglbashi – don’t appoint your dentist to be your successor. Especially if he happens to be your illegitimate child.
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