User:Great Nortend/Erbonian English

Semantic differences

Learn can also mean 'teach'.

Spelling differences

artefact = artifact sobre = sober shew = show ministre = minister

Lexicological differences

Aurox < aurochs Elder < older Rother < head of cattle Nought < zero (generally)

Mere is preferred lake Sea is preferred to ocean Weld means “woods, forests”. Historically hilly land was often kept wooden. Hence often reanalysed to mean “hilly land”.

Plurals

Childer < poetic or idiomatic plural of children Brether < poetic or idiomatic plural of brother Sistren < sisters in religious contexts Hosen < ordinary plural of hose Kine < technical plural of cow Eyen < poetic plural of eyes

Interjections

Ho! Hullo = Hello Cod = minced oath of “God”