[Vocabulary] Can we call an English lover an "Englishphile"?

[Mori]

Is it understandable? Do you know a better single word for someone who loves the English language?

 

[SoothingDave]

"Anglophile," but that refers to all things English, not just the language. In context, it would be understandable.

 

[Mori]

"Anglophile," but that refers to all things English, not just the language. In context, it would be understandable.

Anglophile: A person who is fond of or greatly admires England or Britain

Source: Oxford Dictionaries

Thanks for the answer, but that's not exactly the word I'm looking for.

 

[bhaisahab]

As far as I am aware there is no such word.

 

[Mori]

As far as I am aware there is no such word.

And what do you think of Englishphile? Has the suffix -phile been used correctly?

 

[Tarheel]

And what do you think of Englishphile? Has the suffix -phile been used correctly?

It has except it's a made up word.

 

[jutfrank]

I sometimes use a coursebook in class with the title English File.

I wonder now if it's a clever, hidden pun that I've never noticed.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

And what do you think of Englishphile? Has the suffix -phile been used correctly?

There's still no such word. If you used it in conversation, someone would say, "You mean Anglophile."

 

[Mori]

I sometimes use a coursebook in class with the title English File.

I wonder now if it's a clever, hidden pun that I've never noticed.

I'm glad you noticed! :-D :up: That's exactly what I had in mind when I coined that word. I just created a channel for English learners on Telegram, which is a messenger. I'm going to post educational files there: a channel for English lovers as well as a place for English files.

 

[Mori]

If the name of your channel is 'English files' no one will think of 'lovers'.

No, it's Englishphiles.

 

[emsr2d2]

You can call it anything you like but if you use that invented word, there's a chance people will think "Oh, the site is by a non-native speaker who doesn't know that's not a word". Of course, some of them might think "Hmm, I wonder if that's a pun" but they wouldn't be sure. Perhaps in your opening paragraph on the site, you could explain that you made up the word yourself because of the connection you saw between "file" and "-phile".

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

I'm glad you noticed! :-D :up: That's exactly what I had in mind when I coined that word. I just created a channel for English learners on Telegram, which is a messenger. I'm going to post educational files there: a channel for English lovers as well as a place for English files.

If you want anyone to get the wordplay, call it Anglo Files.

Englishphiles just sounds wrong.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

And we should have pointed out right at the start that an English lover is not the same as an English-lover!

 

[Raymott]

How about Anglolinguaphiles.

 

[Mori]

And we should have pointed out right at the start that an English lover is not the same as an English-lover!

I get your point, but lover in this sense is used both with and without a hyphen. For example:

an art-lover

Source: Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

a pet lover

Source: Oxford Dictionaries

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

I get your point, but lover in this sense is used both with and without a hyphen. For example:

Source: Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary


Source: Oxford Dictionaries

Nonetheless.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

How about Anglolinguaphiles.

Or Anglolingusphiliacs? Only your English lover will know for sure!

 

[Mori]

How about Anglolinguaphiles.

I have to admit it seems like a better made-up word to me!
Let's see what other native speakers of the forum think.

 

[emsr2d2]

I like it too though, with such a long word, you do run the risk of people misspelling it when typing it into their browser and therefore not finding the page.

 

[Mori]

Note that very few native speakers indeed have ever invented a new word that has been widely accepted, except for technical terms in specialist fields. I can't think of any word that has been introduced by a non-native speaker. I expect there are some, but my point is that, while you may come up with something that works for you, it will work for your followers only after you have explained it to them - and it won't spread.

Just googled it out of curiosity and found the following occurrences:

Confessions of an Englishphile

Source: https://ci.nii.ac.jp/els/contents110008902074.pdf?id=ART0009860877

Are you an Englishphile?

Source: http://lerarenopleiding-vorselaar.thomasmore.be/engels.html

English-Speaking and Englishphile Countries

Source: https://dokumen.tips/documents/geopolitykanr2.html

At the risk of sounding like the incredibly nitpicky Englishphile

Source: http://pixelscribbles.com/2005/04/page/4/


Except the last one, I'm not sure if they are native speakers, though.