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Re: More Gothic text

From:John Cowan <cowan@...>
Date:Tuesday, April 1, 2003, 3:06
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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