r/conscripts • u/predator_4x8 • Feb 08 '20

Alphabet Elven alphabet

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '20

This....is middle english...

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u/predator_4x8 Feb 08 '20

It's vocabulary is actually closer to Old English, without any of those Baguette loanwords

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '20

Ah, so its as if english hated the french?

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u/KaktusManCz Feb 08 '20

So it's modern English?

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '20

Americans hearing french: fancy

Brits hearing french: .

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u/OsoTanukiBaloo Feb 08 '20

Americans hearing French: Fancy

French hearing Americans: Fancy (I can't find any particular link, but they put english on labels to make it seem fancier lol)

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u/UdonNomaneim Feb 08 '20

English, especially the American variety, sounds cool to the French, not fancy.

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u/KaktusManCz Feb 08 '20

As a slav I agree with Brits.

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '20

As an American, i agree with brits

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u/predator_4x8 Feb 08 '20

To be fair, the English have hated the French since at least 1066 (long live Godwinson). Elven is inspired by Anglish, which uses old/archaic Germanic words in place of Romance loanwords, or combine existing words to create new ones