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Re:What Is Anglish? by ZeroGravitas on Monday February 27, 2023 @03:21PM (#34961382)
They'd probably get some of that for free if they leant on Scottish and Northern dialect words, like they give the example of

Famous > Nameknown is one of the examples, but perhaps Wellkent would work better if they're otherwise using ken for knowledge.

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Re:What Is Anglish? by triyambakam on Monday February 27, 2023 @03:38PM (#34961564)
That's true! I forgot about Scots
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Re:What Is Anglish? by forgotusername6 on Monday February 27, 2023 @05:50PM (#34963110)
Perhaps the word bairns for children could have been used instead of the word offspring. The word is pretty similar to the Scandinavian words for children
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Re:What Is Anglish? by pantalaimon on Tuesday February 28, 2023 @02:20AM (#34966583)
Wellkennt is closer to the German Wohlbekannt too
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