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From: wald@zarquon.uchicago.edu (Kevin Wald)
Subject: Re: Scots and English (was: Re: Flemish and Dutch)
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In article <3pvg4g$115s@majestix.uni-muenster.de>,
Katrin Thier <thier@comix.uni-muenster.de> wrote:
>
>Since I last read this thread, I had a private discussion of terminology 
>with Colin Wilson, in which these things also came up. I had suggested
>"Modern Anglo-Saxon", too, which he did not approve of because of the
>present connotations with "Anglo-", understood as English, *not* because of
>its original meaning.

[Discussion of the two leading possibilities, "Insular West Germanic"
and "Insular Anglo-Frisian".]

Both of these look reasonable, although "Insular West Germanic" is a 
trifle wordy, and I can't see why anyone who is confused by the "Anglo-"
in "Anglo-Saxon" would be any less confused by the "Anglo-" in 
"Anglo-Frisian". How about "Insular Ingvaeonic"? If nothing else, it's
alliterative. (I still have a soft spot, by the way, for my old suggestion
to just use "English", and rename England. "New Normandy", anyone?)

Kevin Wald               |   Hwaet saegest thu, yrthlingc?
wald@math.uchicago.edu   |       -- AElfric, _Colloquium Martianum_
