Spring is Here
Anglish Tokens of Spring
Spring is the season of hope and one hope we have is twofold: to grow awareness of nature and to help others with Anglish vocabulary.
To that end, The Anglish Book of Sayings has lately posted signs of spring. Below are two comments and a list of such signs.
Have you sensed that there is an affinity between Anglish and nature? Anglishers often find their way through the fantasy genre to Anglish. Fantasy itself draws readers to nature. Another interest that draws people to Anglish is etymology. Where you find people enthusiastic about words, you find people enthusiastic about nature words and the natural world. In this way, nature and culture are not polarities. English or Anglish culture and its given natural world interweave in behaviors, beliefs, values, customs and symbols. Culture stems from and is informed by nature and is part of nature. Those who are keen on Anglish tend to be aware of this. They are not only romantics and escapists and solitaries, they are shepherds and caretakers.
The species which The Anglish Book of Sayings posts about are mostly known to us. We know them and where to find them. They are part of us but we are part of them. These species were here long before we were and will be long after. They are not part of our environment. We are part of theirs. Anyone who knows the coming and going of the flowers year-round, not from books but living aware among the flowers, knows also that wherever there are crowbirds, one is never alone.
In closing, English names for flora and fauna are heavily influenced by Latin and Greek. However there are many familiar species that have Anglish names. Below is a collection of such Anglish tokens of spring.
What are you thoughts on Geoff Lindsey and Rob Watts? Watts has done a video on Anglish specifically. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMA3M6b9iEY