Really interesting article, and I agree that language is becoming increasingly complex as economies and social structures themselves seem to be increasing in complexity. Anglish might be a good experimental tool for this.
One thing I don't like about Anglish is that Latin is sometimes not only better for describing certain concepts that weren't prominent in ancient Germanic societies, but is part of the heritage of the Anglo-world, primarily through our Roman imperial inheritance, mainly Christianity. There's now theories that Latinate words in English may not have entered via the Normans but from Brittonic Insular Latin speakers of the 4th-6th centuries.
There's also a tightrope to be walked in Anglo-futurism between Anglo 'vibe' and ethnic Englishness (which is important but not a mass scalable political culture to export across the Anglosphere). Is there a danger an insistence on Anglish will tip the pole of the balancing act towards ethnicity and therefore knock Anglo-futurism off its path?
Nevertheless, I love Anglish as an experimental language and concept. Anglo-futurists should be exploring and engaging with all of these things.
Really interesting article, and I agree that language is becoming increasingly complex as economies and social structures themselves seem to be increasing in complexity. Anglish might be a good experimental tool for this.
One thing I don't like about Anglish is that Latin is sometimes not only better for describing certain concepts that weren't prominent in ancient Germanic societies, but is part of the heritage of the Anglo-world, primarily through our Roman imperial inheritance, mainly Christianity. There's now theories that Latinate words in English may not have entered via the Normans but from Brittonic Insular Latin speakers of the 4th-6th centuries.
There's also a tightrope to be walked in Anglo-futurism between Anglo 'vibe' and ethnic Englishness (which is important but not a mass scalable political culture to export across the Anglosphere). Is there a danger an insistence on Anglish will tip the pole of the balancing act towards ethnicity and therefore knock Anglo-futurism off its path?
Nevertheless, I love Anglish as an experimental language and concept. Anglo-futurists should be exploring and engaging with all of these things.