11-22-2006, 09:37 AM
O Primitivus,
thanks for your welcome. What Germans have to do with barbarians? They write books abou them :lol: , no, sorry. I have some trouble with my English here and don't know how to express what I meanand my thoughts were maybe like that: "I do an Alamannus early fifth century. Ah, but not a Roman soldier, but in his homeland or what he's trying to make his land, oh what the hell, call him barbarian and these Romans will understand what you mean."
My dictionary says I'd better use the term Teutonic, but for me these are earlier then the Alamanni, German is the modern inhabitant of Germany, the tribal name Alamannen is for those who speak French or Spanish not very far from their word for modern Germany. Allright, but it seems, that the term Germanic is quite clearly separated from the modern Germans, so I will use Germanic instead of Barbarian, and for my Alamannus I will use the latin words. We modern Germans are still a bit difficult in the handling of expressions like Germanic or Teutonic because of that little madman from Austria who set the world on fire some sixty years ago. But we're slowly growing out of it, I hope.
Cheers,
Stefan
thanks for your welcome. What Germans have to do with barbarians? They write books abou them :lol: , no, sorry. I have some trouble with my English here and don't know how to express what I meanand my thoughts were maybe like that: "I do an Alamannus early fifth century. Ah, but not a Roman soldier, but in his homeland or what he's trying to make his land, oh what the hell, call him barbarian and these Romans will understand what you mean."
My dictionary says I'd better use the term Teutonic, but for me these are earlier then the Alamanni, German is the modern inhabitant of Germany, the tribal name Alamannen is for those who speak French or Spanish not very far from their word for modern Germany. Allright, but it seems, that the term Germanic is quite clearly separated from the modern Germans, so I will use Germanic instead of Barbarian, and for my Alamannus I will use the latin words. We modern Germans are still a bit difficult in the handling of expressions like Germanic or Teutonic because of that little madman from Austria who set the world on fire some sixty years ago. But we're slowly growing out of it, I hope.
Cheers,
Stefan
Ulfwin, the Hunno
(Stefan Deuble)
(Stefan Deuble)