09-02-2006, 04:02 PM
This thread is to continue the discussion begun on: 'Appearence and tactics of early 5th century Saxons'
Vortigern wrote:
The main differences between English and Wales occurred only later. It is not until the 7th-8th c. that we begin to see a larger gap between 'the English' and 'The Welsh'..
and
Maybe that's the time when 'English' and 'Welsh' really became separate languages,
I am not sure what you mean by either of these two statements; are you saying that at some time there was no difference between the English and the Welsh and that the two languages were identical?
Certainly, in the case of Serbian and Croat you have two groups of people who basically speak the same language trying to invent differences -- you get the same between Hindi and Urdu speakers. This is not at all similar to the case of Welsh and English. Vortigern, have you heard Welsh being spoken or seen written Welsh?
Cheers,
Paul
Vortigern wrote:
The main differences between English and Wales occurred only later. It is not until the 7th-8th c. that we begin to see a larger gap between 'the English' and 'The Welsh'..
and
Maybe that's the time when 'English' and 'Welsh' really became separate languages,
I am not sure what you mean by either of these two statements; are you saying that at some time there was no difference between the English and the Welsh and that the two languages were identical?
Certainly, in the case of Serbian and Croat you have two groups of people who basically speak the same language trying to invent differences -- you get the same between Hindi and Urdu speakers. This is not at all similar to the case of Welsh and English. Vortigern, have you heard Welsh being spoken or seen written Welsh?
Cheers,
Paul
Paul Mortimer
