anglo-normans

Upon the death of William the Conqueror, his domains, England and Normandy, were divided between his two eldest sons, as, following Norman customs, his eldest son, Robert, inherited Normandy (as it had been his father's original domain) while his second son, William, became William II of...

So I have been thinking a lot of about dialects and stuff today of which eventually led to me thinking of this. What if by whatever reason/s there remains a Englisc (Old English) speaking elite most likely in hiding or somewhere that those now on top could not give a rat's about. So in short we...

Many have imagined an alternate version of English without the Norman conquest, a much more Germanic, speculative language often called "Anglish". What about the opposite? A maximally French, Romance, Latin-influenced English with the fewest Germanic words possible. Only the most basic words...