Re: More Gothic text
| From: | John Cowan <cowan@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, April 1, 2003, 3:06 |
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Joe Fatula scripsit:
> Looking at Gothic texts, I'm getting the impression that it's a lot further
> from English than a North Germanic language would be.
Well, it's also in an archaic state, much older than Old English or Old
Norse. If East Germanic had modern descendants, they would probably look
very different from Wulfila's Gothic.
--
John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan cowan@ccil.org
To say that Bilbo's breath was taken away is no description at all. There
are no words left to express his staggerment, since Men changed the language
that they learned of elves in the days when all the world was wonderful.
--_The Hobbit_
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