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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). — A New Start
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. — Top stories from Times Online
Fitzhardinge had done his utmost to anglicise the island, and the — The Days Before Yesterday
May 21st, 2009 TORONTO - It pays to anglicise your name in Canada — Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7
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. — Coming of Age: 1939-1946