Yes, its a shame to take a British book about a British woman and anglicize (or would you say anglicise?) it. ❋ Unknown (2008)
More to the point are the mixed marriages (like my own) and working relationships that in effect anglicise the immigrants. ❋ Newmania (2007)
Frankly it's outrageous that someone would anglicise their name! ❋ Unknown (2008)
Besides, I have it on good authority that he was as if not more keen to anglicise his surname long before anybody supposedly suggested he do it. ❋ Unknown (2008)
You could always anglicise it, just to add to the confusion. ❋ Lauri (2008)
The Whig disposition, which once had some play in India, was certainly to attempt to anglicise the “native,” to assimilate his culture, and then to assimilate his political status with that of his temporary ruler. ❋ Herbert George (2006)
Translation of these presented little difficulty; but there remained one or two older names of forgotten meaning, and these I have been content to anglicise in spelling: as Took for Tûk, or Boffin for Bophîn. ❋ Tolkien, J. R. R. (1954)
Some military personnel must obviously have become proficient in the local languages but for the most part the British soldier was and still is linguistically lazy, content to adopt and sometimes anglicise foreign words and phrases to suit the occasion. ❋ John Cox (N/A)
The Whig disposition, which once had some play in India, was certainly to attempt to anglicise the "native," to assimilate his culture, and then to assimilate his political status with that of his temporary ruler. ❋ Unknown (1906)
Fitzhardinge had done his utmost to anglicise the island, and the ❋ Frederick Spencer Hamilton (1892)
British sculptors would jump on the bandwagon of international art movements and then anglicise them. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Should you anglicise what is in effect a French noun derived from the verb pencher (to incline) or affect a gallic pronunciation. ❋ Unknown (2010)
According to deed poll companies, the second major group of name-changers are foreign nationals who anglicise their names when they arrive in Britain. ❋ Patrick Barkham (2010)
Tennant was an editor at Marvel's UK division, a job that required him to anglicise American spellings and indicate when the more scantily-dressed superheroines needed to be redrawn decently. ❋ Unknown (2009)
May 21st, 2009 TORONTO - It pays to anglicise your name in Canada ❋ Unknown (2009)
Ken Myung, a shipping agent who has been in the area since 1997, and his wife Rachel are among the growing minority who have settled here and started to anglicise themselves (they're still Kyung and Seoung to old friends). ❋ Unknown (2009)
Some common examples include the desire to anglicise a foreign name or for an artiste to become formally Jersey, same-sex marriage supporters got a victory Tuesday with the City Council's vote to ❋ Unknown (2009)
Jamie Jackson, CEO of The Legal Deed Service says: There are many reasons why people decide to change a name by Deed Poll, for example, a couple may decide to have a double-barrelled surname when they marry, people of foreign extraction living in the UK may wish to anglicise their name to make it easier for others to pronounce, or simply for novelty, some people choose to change their name to a 'fun name' such as James Bond. ❋ Thatsnews (2008)
If a learner doesn’t know a certain word in English, it seems they naturally “anglicise” the word and hope it’s correct. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Curiously, some [auto-correct] systems [replace] Anglicise with anglicize. ❋ Little-miss Can't Do Wrong (2011)
