User:Wordwork

Wordwork's Wordings
Anglish's main goal is to rid English of its French, Latin and Greek words that upset the Anglo-Norse tongue in the aftermath of 1066. I seek to also rid English of the Norse words and spellings that upset the Anglo-Saxon tongue as an outcome of the Danish inroads. I keep borrowings for things that Old English had no words for, and for which there was no settled latter-day construction. (See the Anglish Wordbook for settled words.) So,
 * 1) "hy", "hem" and "hires"; instead of "they", "them" and "theirs". (Norse)
 * 2) "nimb" instead of "take" (Norse)
 * 3) "wirespel" instead of "telegram" (a latter-day coining by William Barnes)
 * 4) "basalt" is still "basalt"
 * 5) "karma" is still "karma"

Wordwork's Spellings
I build on the settled ways of Anglish Spelling. I have brought on some further spelling to make the spelling in my writs more steady,, and a way I find smoother to read. So:
 * 1) I bear acute accents (á, é, í, ó ú) to mark the long vowels, instead of doubling them or bearing the 'magic e' system. So, "late" is "lát"; "eat" is "ét", "bite" is "bít", "home" is "hóm", and "cow" is "cú".
 * 2) I spell the "th" diagraph with the letter thorn (þ, Þ), which has been forthput and taken on by many, but not yet settled by the Fellowship as an Anglish spelling. It works the same as the other fricatives. So, "bath" becomes "baþþ", and "bathe" becomes "báþ".
 * 3) I spell "ie" and "ea" as phonetic or marked with an acute accent, as fitting. So, "friend" becomes "frend", "head” becomes "hed"; "(to) lead" becomes "léd", and "great" becomes "grát".
 * 4) I spell /ʃ/ as sch, putting an h onto the diagraph, to set it asunder from /sk/. So, "shoot" becomes "schoot".
 * 5) I spell /tʃ/ as ch, putting an h onto the diagraph, so that it is clear wherever it's found in a word. So, "much" is still "much". (In Anglish spelling, this would be "muc" or "muce".)
 * 6) I drop the letter k altogether, unless it's in a proper noun. So, "chicken" becomes "chicen", and "kitchen" becomes "cichen".
 * 7) I spell /dʒ/ as cg, wherever it falls in a word. So, "edge" becomes "ecg", and even the native outlier, "jump" becomes "cgump".
 * 8) I spell /j/ as g, and put in missing etymological "e" spellings. So, "beyond" becomes "beyeond", "day" becomes "deg", and "tidy" becomes "tídig".
 * 9) I drop needless "-gh". So, "draught" is spelled "draft", "through" is "þrew", "though" is "þow", "thought" is "þawt", and "night" is "nít".
 * 10) I spell the diphthong found in the words "all", "ball", "bore", "fore" and so on, as "oa". So, "fore" becomes "foar", and "all" becomes "oal".
 * 11) My alphabet only needs these twenty-one letters: Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Ww, Xx, Þþ. (Þiss stafrow wiþþ diacretics can bé éþlig writen út wiþ þe Íslandisch cegboard.)

Þe cwic brún fox cgumps ofer þe lásig dog.

Wordwork's Works
The Germanic deal of Anglish Given Names. Twelvish, a drive at reading twelvish, or uncial/dozenal in Anglish.

Short Tales
To Build a Fire, a short tale, written by Jack London. The White Ship, a short tale, written by H. P. Lovecraft.

Folk Tales
The Lambton Worm, an English folk tale. The Rose Tree, an English folk tale. The Three Sillies, an English folk tale. Tom Tit Tot, an English folk tale.

Songs
The American folk song Buffalo Gals. The Icelandish Hear, Heavenly Smith (Heyr himna smiður). The American The Star-Spangled Streamer (The Star-Spangled Banner). The British God Keep the Queen (God Save the Queen). The  Yes, We Love This Land (Ja, vi elsker dette landett).

Other
Foreword from the Canterbury Tales, by Geoffrey Chaucer.