LL-L "Language varieties" 2004.09.21 (07) [E]

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A=Afrikaans Ap=Appalachian B=Brabantish D=Dutch E=English F=Frisian
L=Limburgish LS=Lowlands Saxon (Low German) N=Northumbrian
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From: Gavin Falconer <Gavin.Falconer at gmx.net>
Subject: LL-L "Language varieties" 2004.09.21 (02) [E]

John Feather said:

"I've just seen a TV programme by one Francis Pryor about the supposed AS
settlement of England. I think he has made a career out of historical
revisionism."

I watched the programme too, and came to much the same conclusions.  I
notice that he rejected the genetic evidence presented to him, which could
have settled everything, choosing instead to believe someone who had come to
alternative conclusions.  It seems very unlikely to me that the relative
lack of Celtic influence in English could be attributable to anything other
than very slow change indeed, such as we see along the Highland line in
Scotland, or large-scale population replacement.  Where there is relatively
quick language shift, as in Ireland, we see much more substratum influence.
He also failed to explain why people should have chosen to abandon Roman
culture for the sake of its Anglo-Saxon equivalent.  Surely one need only
compare the buildings to know that the Romans were further ahead at that
stage.

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All the best,


Gavin

Gavin Falconer

"Tharfor wordly happe es ay in dout
Whilles dam fortune turnes hir whele about."

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