Re: Scandinavia and the Germanic tribes such as Goths, Vandals, Angl

On 2008-11-04 04:29, Andrew Jarrette wrote:

> Thanks, I read it, and I don't know if you want any
> feedback/commentary but I will say that this article makes the
> Anglo-Saxons seem identity-challenged. Although I know it has nothing
> to do with this, I nevertheless tend to think that English seems
> destined to have become a language in which the overwhelming majority
> of dictionary entries have foreign etymologies. I also go further and
> wonder whether such a fundamental identity crisis could be related to
> the current prestige that English enjoys as the most widely-spoken
> second language (if one of the Chinese languages has not taken over
> this title). Do other nationalities have similar identity confusion
> in their histories? (Maybe you might want to take this over to
> Cybalist_admin.)

OK, it may be discussed here provided that the thread does not run
unreasonably long.

Piotr