Anglish

[ ang-glish ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a version of the English language that uses only words and roots of Anglo-Saxon or Germanic origin, while excluding its borrowings from Latinate and other languages.
Rare. Also An·gli·an []. one of the northern and central group of Old English dialects, spoken in Northumbria and Mercia.

First recorded in 1650–60 Anglish fordef 2; Anglish def 1 coined in 1966 by British humorist and author Paul Jennings (1918–89) in a series of articles entitled “1066 and All Saxon”; Angl(e) ( def ) + -ish ¹( def )

Dat it is not be de fashion pour les ladies of France—I can not tell vat is baiser en Anglish.

Foiled in his intention he returned to the bar, murmuring "Anglish Peeg" to himself as he did so.

I spek Anglish like an Anglishman, address to me the vord in Anglish.

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