LL-L: "Gothic" [E] LOWLANDS-L, 20.JUN.1999 (04)

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From: Ethan Barrett <barrett at uos.net>
Subject: Gothic

Reinhard,

Thank you.  Yes, I had read that Gothic was the oldest form of German (what a
misstatement, eh?).  I had also learnt in European History classes that the
Goths
stormed across the east and the south of Europe.  This had caused quite a bit of

confusion and I thank you for clarifying that.  I had assumed that a band of
Visigoths had strayed into Germany at some point and were quickly
"teutonicized",
but now we see that this was not the case.

Ethan.

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From: "Ian James Parsley" <parsley at btinternet.com>
Subject: Gothic

Ethan may like to know that I've recently completed a Gothic course (not that I
got a particularly good mark for it!) and should feel free to contact me
privately for any more info.

Gothic is, as Ron says, a very useful language for finding out about the history
of Germanic languages (including Lowlands ones), but my own view is that it is
rather over-used bearing in mind it is not a direct relative of any living
Germanic language.
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Ian James Parsley.
Co Down, Northern Ireland.
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