[gothic-l] Re: Eruli in the West

[faltin2001]

--- In gothic-l at y..., "Bertil Haggman" <mvk575b at t...> wrote:
> So we differ on the meaning of zwingend = tvingande = imperative.
> I guess this could be further researched in specialist German-
English
> dictionaries.
>



Yes we do, in the given context there is no doubt that Taylor meant
that none of the arguments convince. A 'nichtzwingendes Argument' is
an argument that is unable to proof anything, although it may not be
inherently wrong.  Unfortunately, Taylor does not engage in a
discussion of these arguments either so he refrains from saying
anything stronger than just that they do not convince in proving a
ling between Eruli and Scandinavia (which is obvious from the nature
of the arguments). His failure to discuss the arguments is a major
short comming of the article, but I suppose he was pressed for space
and felt that it was not important enough. Hence, he simply states
that he finds none of them able to prove a link between the Eruli and
Scandinavia.






> If you read the section d. on Nachleben you will find an example
> of the impartiality of Taylor as opposed to the opinionated style
> of Schwarcz.
>
> Taylor also touches upon the fact of strong import of solidi
> to south Sweden, that is well adapted to the chronology of
> Eruli presence in southern Europe but points out that
> the northern-southern connection is not "certain". "Certain"
> is a very good terminology in this connection as nothing can be
> said as aboslutely proven or certain.
>
> I find Taylor's article very informative and I am glad it is so
closely
> scrutinized on this list. In some way it is indicative of the
difference
> of styrle betwee him an the bulletins we receive from Vienna.



You just cannot be serious about that.

Dirk


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