Re: CHAT: Is there a conlang inspired in Old English?

"Thomas R. Wier" wrote:

> Considering that almost nothing is known about said substrate
> languages, what grounds are there to claim that there is any
> link between the language that we see here now, and that distant
> inhabitant of the same space?
Absolutely none that I know of. :D  As you said - there are some who
have agendas to push and there are many agendas revolving around
around our mysterious friends the Picts.

> Concerning this particular claim about Pictish substratal
> influences
I wish I could name a source, but as it's a theory I've never looked
at too seriously I never took notes (I've always read - again I
don't claim to be a specialist, merely a learner - that it could be
more easily accounted for by internal phonological evolution in the
language).

Another theory surrounding Pictish is that some of the odder
features of Shelta (or the Cant) was due to Pictish influence.  For
example, I think the article in the Journal of Pidgin and Creole
Languages suggested the Shelta word "tarsp" for "death" came from a
Pictish word "trzp" found in some inscription.

As with anything where very little is known, you can pin just about
anything on the Picts.

Cheers,
Eamon

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