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Hi Romconlang members, I'd like to introduce to you all my 'project de le(a) langue anglese'. It's not a Romance auxlang, so I hope I'm not ruffling any feathers by posting here. It's not in a great state of development at the moment and it's only an amusing pastime. Essentially, I am trying to finish off the work of what the Normans and others have been doing to the English language over the centuries by turning English into a Romance language. The aim of the Anglese Project is to use language entirely derived from the Latin and Romance heritage in the English language. The project is not an attempt to recreate Anglo-Norman and it's in opposition to the linguistic purification of English that the Anglish community is striving to create. In order to create a considerably Romanized, or perhaps more accurately, Romanicized English I have set out the following 6 point of criteria (they are not all finalized but they are working so far): 1) USE ROMANCE / LATIN EQUIVALENTS | USE INTERNATIONAL EQUIVALENTS Using respectable and authoritative dictionaries, replace common English words (of Germanic or non-international derivation) for their equivalent Romance English synonyms. If there are no equivalents available, proceed to step *2*. Examples: *belief *> *credence* *bug *> *insect* *daily *> *quotidian*, *diurnal* *feeling *> *sentiment* *island *> *isle* *kingly *> *royal*, *regal* *main *> *principal* *sell *> *vend* *wed *> *marry* *wood *> *forest* Words with international currency do not change: *east* *football* *north* *south* *west* 2) REVIVE OLD TERMS Find obsolete, rare, dialectal, poetic, dead terms from dictionaries. These words must include an etymologically sound headword and a definition (principally) equivalent to the English. If there are no obsolete terms available, proceed to step *3*. Examples: *apple *> *pome* *baker *> *furner* *beard *> *barb* *bread *> *pain* *dead *> *mort* *good *> *boon* *land *> *terre* *son *> *fitz* *wall *> *mure* *wrinkle *> *ruge* 3) USE TERMS WITH ETYMOLOGICALLY SOUND HEADWORDS WITHOUT ORIGINAL ROMANCE DEFINITION If failing to find , proceed to step *4*. Examples: *back** > dorse enough** > assets fly** > mouche four** > cater handle** > anse light** > lum listen** > scout moon** > lune oak** > cork sail** > veil tree** > arbor* 4) CREATE NEOLOGISMS Back-formations or new coinages may be created from living affixes. Artificiality is best avoided. If failing in this step, proceed to step *5*. Examples: *arm > brace (brace < bracelet) arrow** > fletch (fletch < fletcher) dog** > ken (ken < kennet 'small dog/puppy') England** > Angleterre (Angleterre Angle + terre) English** > anglese (anglese angl- + -ese) French** > fra(u)ncese (fra(u)ncese < Fra(u)nce + -ese) good** > bon (bon < bonity) nose** > nas(e) (nas(e) < nasal) oven** > furn (furn < furner)* 5) CREATE NEOLOGISMS (UNNATURAL) (not so sure about this one) Creation of back-formations or new coinages from unproductive affixes is best avoided because these forms are usually very artificial. If failing to find , proceed to step *6*. Examples: *beautiful > bell (bell < Bellamy ?beautiful friend?) dog > can(e) (can(e) < canid) dog > ken (ken < kennel) good > boun (boun < bounty) friend > amy (amy < Bellamy ?beautiful friend?) friend > emy (emy < enemy) foot > ped (ped < pedal, pedestrian)** *6)* *BORROW if there doesn?t exist a Romance/Latin alternative, borrow from Anglo-Norman is preferable with guidance of the other Channel Islands dialects and French. Examples: *dog > chen foot > pé of > de that > que* Hope this little project of mine interests someone. I think I may create a e-mailing group to discuss all the Romance points in English as well and the creation of a Romance English language/Anglese. Regards Daniel Holland - Angleterre [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]