09-02-2006, 12:24 PM
Wow! I go away on holiday and come back to find pages and pages of this stuff!
It is difficult to absorb all that has been written since my last foray but one question does occur:
If as many suggest that germanic culture was so attractive that a whole peoples in the British Isles adopted germanic fashions and learnt a completely new language, extremely well; how is it that the Welsh in Wales were able to resist adopting the language or fashions so effectively? (Yes, I know that in modern times the Welsh have largely been forced to speak English -- I am talking about earlier times).
Paul
It is difficult to absorb all that has been written since my last foray but one question does occur:
If as many suggest that germanic culture was so attractive that a whole peoples in the British Isles adopted germanic fashions and learnt a completely new language, extremely well; how is it that the Welsh in Wales were able to resist adopting the language or fashions so effectively? (Yes, I know that in modern times the Welsh have largely been forced to speak English -- I am talking about earlier times).
Paul
Paul Mortimer