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   Message 296,433 of 297,462   
   Ross Clark to Christian Weisgerber   
   Re: John Cheke died (13/9/1557)   
   14 Sep 24 12:04:58   
   
   From: benlizro@ihug.co.nz   
      
   On 14/09/2024 2:43 a.m., Christian Weisgerber wrote:   
   > On 2024-09-13, Ross Clark  wrote:   
   >   
   >> "our own tung shold be written cleane and pure, vnmixt and vnmangeled   
   >                                              ^^^^    ^^^        ^^^^^^   
   >> with borowing of other tunges... For then doth our tung naturallie and   
   >                                                            ^^^^^^^   
   >> praisablie vtter her meaning"   
   >    ^^^^^^^^   
   >   
   > A bit late for that, in the 16th century.   
   >   
      
   Yes. In the longer excerpt given by Crystal, he also uses "opinion",   
   "payeng", "bankrupt", "counterfeitness", "attire", "plainlie", "nature",   
   "experience", and more.   
      
   That's why I questioned Wiki's term. I don't think he was advocating the   
   radical purism of some later eccentrics. He just thought that many or   
   most of the inkhorn words were unnecessary -- as is generally admitted.   
      
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