Anglo-Saxon conquest

Theo Vennemann tvn at cis.uni-muenchen.de
Sat Feb 6 13:36:15 UTC 1999


>A good source
>for such heresy is Higham (various), who unfortunately, being a pure
>historian, labors under the delusion that there is no evidence of Celtic
>influence in English, having had to take the linguists' word for it.  The
>problem is that the linguists are wrong ..

>                                        DLW

Most linguists, yes. But that will change rapidly. Watch out for
Hildegard Tristram (ed.) Celtic Englishes II.

                                          T.V.



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