unglish
Words that sound like they *could* be english words, but are not... yet. If your ears squint, they might make sense.
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I need your input https://unglish.github.io/word-generator/review.html
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It’s a good idea
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I like how the NYT spells “reëlection”
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I haven’t forgotten about this channel, btw. I am just preparing the rest of the required infrastructure.
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Found some legos: https://www.affixes.org/index.html
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Oh my goodness, how did I ever miss this one. Ladies and gentlemen, another Unglish! https://ungglish.loyc.net/
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Native English is actually unglish when transcribed using an American ear.
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Just watched True Detective Season 3. Excellent season. Couldn’t help but notice that both the names Scoot McNairy and Stephen Dorff have very strong “Bobson Dugnutt” energy.
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Heavily unglish-coded artwork. https://www.artblocks.io/marketplace/collections/para-bellum-by-matty-mariansky
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Looks like Unglish peaked in 1892 https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Unglish&year_start=1800&year_end=2022&corpus=en&smoothing=3&case_insensitive=true
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Forgot about this glitch poetics project I found a couple years back. https://x.com/nathan_xones/status/1534081409303957504
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Poplate, Weddann elts. Radstipots, Lukadd serrals. Laigeet—Gads celleet. Translation: In twilight’s dance, whispers of spirits, light guides the soul. Spoken in ancient Highland coasts, ca. 1000-500 BCE, Unglish was a ritualistic, mystical dialect.
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The updated version of the unglish word-generator library that I have in the works is blazingly fast. I can generate gibberish at over 10000 words per SECOND now. This means I can spawn the raw vocabulary for a new language once every minute. The world doesn't know what's coming.
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blusm /bluːzəm/ noun Rare: A subtle or delicate blush; a faint, fleeting color in the cheeks often caused by mild embarrassment or a gentle breeze. "As the compliment registered, a soft blusm spread across her face."
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ketchuggerd /ˈkɛtʃʌɡərd/ adjective British informal: Extremely annoyed or frustrated, typically in a situation where one feels trapped or overwhelmed. "After waiting for hours in traffic, she felt utterly ketchuggerd by the end of the day."
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