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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Englishing #89382 12/13/2002 4:33 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta Back in the 19th century, there was a movement to "purify" English from its foreign (mainly Romance language)accretions. The name Burrow comes to mind, but I forget who he was exactly. I believe it was all tied in with Pre-Raphaelitism and all that. Rhuby will be able to give us more specific details no doubt. Anyway, these people used "to English" instead of "to translate", translate being a beastly foreign import. Bingley Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Englishing WhitmanO'Neill 12/13/2002 4:16 AM Re: Englishing Bingley 12/13/2002 4:33 AM Re: Englishing Bobyoungbalt 01/09/2003 4:51 AM Re: Englishing Faldage 12/13/2002 11:06 AM Re: Englishing AnnaStrophic 12/13/2002 1:25 PM Re: Englishing dxb 12/13/2002 3:24 PM Re: Body English Faldage 12/13/2002 3:35 PM Re: Body English Bingley 12/16/2002 4:52 AM Re: long fly ball Faldage 12/16/2002 12:00 PM Re: Englishing rav 01/09/2003 8:31 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,374 Members9,211 Most Online7,006 Mar 7th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 34 A C Bowden 15 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,202 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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