Reflections on the 'Anglo-Saxon' debatehttp://turbulentpriests.group.shef.ac.uk/reflections-on-the-anglo-saxon-debate/ …
We understand. But moving past terminology has been done before.
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Because 'angelsächsisch', 'anglosassone' etc is often used, for better or for worse, to resist/describe/disparage something that is perceived as British/American imperialism, it will be hard to change its usage if it is imposed through a debate conducted in UK/US.
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There are other people from the Continent weighing in fwiw. I’m not sure what the answer is there, in terms of what to do about how it’s used elsewhere. We aren’t saying the term can never be used again, we’re simply arguing that to refer to people speaking Old English...
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