Celtic (Anglo-Saxon thread)
still lookin 4 the face i had b4 the world was made
traveler at afn.org
Mon May 5 11:08:46 CDT 1997
On Mon, 5 May 1997, Umberto Rossi wrote:
> > Just a couple of observations: I think Umberto means the Indo-European
> > language group.
>
> afford a new dictionary. Yes, in Italian we say Indoeuropeo, not
> indo-germanico. As I said before, I found that term on my dictionary.
I believe that once upon a time (before WWII?) the language group was
referred to as Indo-Aryan, or something of the sort...but Hitler's use of
"Aryan" rather tainted the term.
Max
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