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Surely they didn't mean actual Anglo-Saxon names, right? Those name are so challenging to the modern english-hearing ear.

Æðelwulf wrote a heck of a quicksort on the whiteboard under the gun last week.

What would Žižek say?

"No no no, within which historical context does it even make sense to ask this question? No? You see?"

I was really confused because when I last looked at academic job postings it was in Medieval Studies.

“Jobseekers with Anglo-Saxon” means “candidates who speak Anglo-Saxon.”

And I’m like “I thought that was just a medieval studies thing, but I guess the older languages really do help …”