Re: YADPT (D=Dutch)

Andreas Johansson scripsit:

> The way I learnt it, "Western Goth" and "Eastern Goth" are
> reinterpretations, probably by Cassiodorus, while the original means
> are supposedly probably "Noble Goth" and "Shining Goth".
Ah, I see.

On the first page of _Finnegans Wake_ we have this lovely sentence:

        What clashes here of wills gen wonts, oystrygods gaggin fishygods!

where the Ostrogoths and the Visigoths become shellfish- and fish-eaters
respectively; "gaggin" is German "gegen", but also what happens when
different peoples contemplate each other's diet.

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