[gothic-l] Re: is Gothic the language of one or a few men?

[Dicentis a roellingua@gmail.com [gothic-l]]

It's a shame that we don't have Catholics here which could take a peek in
the Vatican library. :p

2015-02-12 22:26 GMT+01:00 write2andy at yahoo.com [gothic-l] <
gothic-l at yahoogroups.com>:

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> Of course diacritics are modern when referring to Gothic, but I personally
> prefer them for pronunciation purposes. I think we should reach some sort
> of consensus: I think we should use them in teaching tools like textbooks
> or when teaching a class, but not in the regular literature (as in, it
> would be up to the author whether or not to use them), because you should
> have learned the pronunciation when learning the words. Children's books
> may be an exception here. Also, when proposing a neologism, so we can know
> its pronunciation.
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> It's true much of them may be in the Vatican library, and I get the
> feeling that with the Vatican there is/would be a mild anti-Gothic
> sentiment.
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