I hate reddit so I'll post this here.I took a copy of Grim's Fairy Tales and replaced all the loanwords with words that should be of English etymology. I did this months ago out of boredom, I just feel like sharing my little autistic interest with some other English loving autists. A sample: There was once an atheling who was betrothed to a maiden, the daughter of a king, whom he loved feel much. One day when they were together and feel happy, an errander came from the Atheling’s father, who was lying ill, to becken him home to see him before he died.The pastebin: https://pastebin.com/NQPgKSxy
>>25512818substitution replace script or manually?
>>25513504A script? No, I typed the words from the book, then I went through and replaced the words one by one. I heavily referenced https://anglisc.miraheze.org/wiki/Anglish_Wordbook as my dictionary.I would sometimes also reference the University of Michigan's Middle English Compendiumhttps://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/middle-english-dictionary/dictionaryI also referenced Wiktionary as well to check the etymology of a word and if it was used in Old English.https://en.wiktionary.org/I don't have access to any Anglo-Saxon or Old English dictionaries, so I had to make do with what I had.
>>25513527steel fingers whew
>>25513527I see.I think if you were to do this again I would suggest running it through a script which separated out and listed all of the separate words in the passage.But you did this for the fun and I assume enjoyed delving into word changes and origins.
>>25513771That would just be extra work to have alongside having to copy the text from the book. I think I'm better off just remembering the new vocabulary and replacing words as I go, then doing a couple final checks to make sure I don't miss anything.I'm not exactly trying to be efficient with time, nor do I want to be fast, as exploring the concept of a wholly English English language and the intricacies therein is where I derive enjoyment.
>>25513771why would we want a computer generated autofill version when we have a properly made one right here?
>>25513872It is an respectable challenge, to defy the norman invasion.I found it interesting seeing the word equivalents and which ones I was familiar with and which felt almost completely alien>>25513880It would take maybe a minute to write a python script that would break the passage into single words then count how often each word occurs or an online tool such as https://www.palculus.com/calculators/unique-word-counter.phpI only asked if he used a replacement script before.I think there's more of a learning experience if you do it manually as you see and feel how the two words fit their place
>>25512818awesome workI enjoyed it
