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[โ€“] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 13 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Huh, an interesting project. Reminds me of xkcd's Thing Explainer. Trying to guess which Latin words they had to replace is a fun mental exercise.

Allow me to complete the trifecta with Uncleftish Beholding ๐Ÿ‘Œ

Today we wield both kind of uncleftish doings in weapons, and kernelish splitting gives us heat and bernstoneness. We hope to do likewise with togethermelting, which would yield an unhemmed wellspring of work for mankindish goodgain.

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[โ€“] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

without Latin words

Egypt

Pick one

[โ€“] m_f 9 points 3 weeks ago

TBF that's a proper name. No regular words derived from Latin, though

[โ€“] Etterra 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

You're confusing Egypt with Aegyptus.

[โ€“] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 3 weeks ago

Egypt is as much Latin as ceasefire

[โ€“] EvilCartyen@feddit.dk 2 points 3 weeks ago

Wouldn't that be from Greek?

[โ€“] NickwithaC@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

I love the html-ness of this website!

[โ€“] BothsidesistFraud@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Eh, I dunno. I thought this was really cool going into it, but the endless neologisms and middle English make it less interesting. Figured it would be more like Tolkien's writing (who was known for using non-Latinate yet still modern words)

[โ€“] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 weeks ago

It sounds more poetic this way.

[โ€“] Sergio@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 weeks ago

Fascinating stuff. This is basically a type of Lipogram.