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 ::::::In case you didn't get farther down in the article, yes, a number of scholars have indeed suggested a possible connection between the Geats and Goths.  The fact that two related languages were spoken by two groups is entirely relevant, even if you "dontlikeit". And in fact that was not a "personal" attack, a "personal" attack would be if I had said "Thomas W. is a completely ignorant idiot" or some such, but I never said that.