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Are you still angry about the Norman invasion of Britain?
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over a year ago
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"I am, I was thinking about starting a petition in order to gain an apology from their descendants.
Would you sign it?
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No, I am still angry over the Roman invasion .
I mean , what have the Romans ever done for us ?. |
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"I am, I was thinking about starting a petition in order to gain an apology from their descendants.
Would you sign it?
No, I am still angry over the Roman invasion .
I mean , what have the Romans ever done for us ?."
A good point lets slap Italy for reparations.  |
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"I am, I was thinking about starting a petition in order to gain an apology from their descendants.
Would you sign it?
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Certainly not. I'm a direct male descendant of a Norman invader. Oddly enough, one of the reasons why the Angle-Saxons lost was because they chased the Normans who pretended to run away and the English in World War 2 made the same mistake of running after Germans who led them into traps. |
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Make sure you send the Petition to Oslo - the Normans were descendents of Norse chancers who had invaded and settled in Northern Frankia.
Ironically they had turned their attentions to Frankia because the English had figured out how to defeat the Danes and Norse invaders and had turned Viking raids into suicide missions!
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over a year ago
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"Roads, sewers, daffodils, Carry On Cleo and Hadrians Wall 
Rabbits...."
Bragging rights for the Scots. Never conquered on a permanent or lasting basis, no matter who tried |
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"Roads, sewers, daffodils, Carry On Cleo and Hadrians Wall
Rabbits....
Bragging rights for the Scots. Never conquered on a permanent or lasting basis, no matter who tried"
But have always been ruled by sasanachs. |
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By *B9 QueenWoman
over a year ago
Over the rainbow, under the bridge |
It's the Pict, Jutes, Celts and Norsemen that get me upset. All that tribal in-fighting pushing the rest of us 'indigenous' peoples to the margins. Coming over here in their longboats, raping, pillaging and then settling and farming. How dare they? Then scrapping with the bloody Romans over OUR land. THEN the bloody French and Dutch. No wonder we went out and got an empire - got bloody sick of being colonised and thought we'd visit that shit on someone else for a change.  |
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By *yrdwomanWoman
over a year ago
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"Roads, sewers, daffodils, Carry On Cleo and Hadrians Wall
Rabbits....
Bragging rights for the Scots. Never conquered on a permanent or lasting basis, no matter who tried
But have always been ruled by sasanachs. "
And never shut up about it! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Roads, sewers, daffodils, Carry On Cleo and Hadrians Wall
Rabbits....
Bragging rights for the Scots. Never conquered on a permanent or lasting basis, no matter who tried
But have always been ruled by sasanachs. "
Ah but there we must look at the facts. The word sassanach truly refers to those who speak an Anglican language (inc southern Scots ) not referring to the English as now commonly thought ! Considering Scotland is one of the oldest nations in Europe and pre dates the English nation then we cannot have always been ruled by the sassanach , oh and as a n afterthought I do believe James VI OF SCOTLAND took the English throne , therefore the evidence is irrefutable hehe |
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By *B9 QueenWoman
over a year ago
Over the rainbow, under the bridge |
"Roads, sewers, daffodils, Carry On Cleo and Hadrians Wall
Rabbits....
Bragging rights for the Scots. Never conquered on a permanent or lasting basis, no matter who tried
But have always been ruled by sasanachs.
Ah but there we must look at the facts. The word sassanach truly refers to those who speak an Anglican language (inc southern Scots ) not referring to the English as now commonly thought ! Considering Scotland is one of the oldest nations in Europe and pre dates the English nation then we cannot have always been ruled by the sassanach , oh and as a n afterthought I do believe James VI OF SCOTLAND took the English throne , therefore the evidence is irrefutable hehe "
Hm but the Scots were Celts weren't they? Didn't they invade here from Europe - somewhere around where modern-day Switzerland is now? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Roads, sewers, daffodils, Carry On Cleo and Hadrians Wall
Rabbits....
Bragging rights for the Scots. Never conquered on a permanent or lasting basis, no matter who tried
But have always been ruled by sasanachs.
And never shut up about it! "
As we are proud of our country and history, the minute we shut up about it is when we forget it .............and so will everyone else lol. |
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By *yrdwomanWoman
over a year ago
Putting the 'cum' in Eboracum |
"Roads, sewers, daffodils, Carry On Cleo and Hadrians Wall
Rabbits....
Bragging rights for the Scots. Never conquered on a permanent or lasting basis, no matter who tried
But have always been ruled by sasanachs.
And never shut up about it!
As we are proud of our country and history, the minute we shut up about it is when we forget it .............and so will everyone else lol. "
As you quite rightly pointed out, your King ended up our King, so technically you won. So why are Scots still upset about it? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Roads, sewers, daffodils, Carry On Cleo and Hadrians Wall
Rabbits....
Bragging rights for the Scots. Never conquered on a permanent or lasting basis, no matter who tried
But have always been ruled by sasanachs.
Ah but there we must look at the facts. The word sassanach truly refers to those who speak an Anglican language (inc southern Scots ) not referring to the English as now commonly thought ! Considering Scotland is one of the oldest nations in Europe and pre dates the English nation then we cannot have always been ruled by the sassanach , oh and as a n afterthought I do believe James VI OF SCOTLAND took the English throne , therefore the evidence is irrefutable hehe
Hm but the Scots were Celts weren't they? Didn't they invade here from Europe - somewhere around where modern-day Switzerland is now?"
Also tribes from Ireland, picts, Celts etc all came over to form a nation, no conquest of a country at that stage |
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By *B9 QueenWoman
over a year ago
Over the rainbow, under the bridge |
"Roads, sewers, daffodils, Carry On Cleo and Hadrians Wall
Rabbits....
Bragging rights for the Scots. Never conquered on a permanent or lasting basis, no matter who tried
But have always been ruled by sasanachs.
Ah but there we must look at the facts. The word sassanach truly refers to those who speak an Anglican language (inc southern Scots ) not referring to the English as now commonly thought ! Considering Scotland is one of the oldest nations in Europe and pre dates the English nation then we cannot have always been ruled by the sassanach , oh and as a n afterthought I do believe James VI OF SCOTLAND took the English throne , therefore the evidence is irrefutable hehe
Hm but the Scots were Celts weren't they? Didn't they invade here from Europe - somewhere around where modern-day Switzerland is now?
Also tribes from Ireland, picts, Celts etc all came over to form a nation, no conquest of a country at that stage "
Ah, much as we did in India, Kenya, etc? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Roads, sewers, daffodils, Carry On Cleo and Hadrians Wall
Rabbits....
Bragging rights for the Scots. Never conquered on a permanent or lasting basis, no matter who tried
But have always been ruled by sasanachs.
And never shut up about it!
As we are proud of our country and history, the minute we shut up about it is when we forget it .............and so will everyone else lol.
As you quite rightly pointed out, your King ended up our King, so technically you won. So why are Scots still upset about it?"
Because the Stuart's were deposed in favour of the German speaking hanovarians so been sulking since  |
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By *yrdwomanWoman
over a year ago
Putting the 'cum' in Eboracum |
"Roads, sewers, daffodils, Carry On Cleo and Hadrians Wall
Rabbits....
Bragging rights for the Scots. Never conquered on a permanent or lasting basis, no matter who tried
But have always been ruled by sasanachs.
And never shut up about it!
As we are proud of our country and history, the minute we shut up about it is when we forget it .............and so will everyone else lol.
As you quite rightly pointed out, your King ended up our King, so technically you won. So why are Scots still upset about it?
Because the Stuart's were deposed in favour of the German speaking hanovarians so been sulking since "
To be fair on us Anglo-Saxons, so have we! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Roads, sewers, daffodils, Carry On Cleo and Hadrians Wall
Rabbits....
Bragging rights for the Scots. Never conquered on a permanent or lasting basis, no matter who tried
But have always been ruled by sasanachs.
Ah but there we must look at the facts. The word sassanach truly refers to those who speak an Anglican language (inc southern Scots ) not referring to the English as now commonly thought ! Considering Scotland is one of the oldest nations in Europe and pre dates the English nation then we cannot have always been ruled by the sassanach , oh and as a n afterthought I do believe James VI OF SCOTLAND took the English throne , therefore the evidence is irrefutable hehe
Hm but the Scots were Celts weren't they? Didn't they invade here from Europe - somewhere around where modern-day Switzerland is now?
Also tribes from Ireland, picts, Celts etc all came over to form a nation, no conquest of a country at that stage
Ah, much as we did in India, Kenya, etc? "
Ah but we took our machine guns and rifles to conquer armies of people's armed with sticks and stones to expand the empire   |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Roads, sewers, daffodils, Carry On Cleo and Hadrians Wall
Rabbits....
Bragging rights for the Scots. Never conquered on a permanent or lasting basis, no matter who tried
But have always been ruled by sasanachs.
And never shut up about it!
As we are proud of our country and history, the minute we shut up about it is when we forget it .............and so will everyone else lol.
As you quite rightly pointed out, your King ended up our King, so technically you won. So why are Scots still upset about it?
Because the Stuart's were deposed in favour of the German speaking hanovarians so been sulking since
To be fair on us Anglo-Saxons, so have we! "
Let's all sulk together then  |
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By *B9 QueenWoman
over a year ago
Over the rainbow, under the bridge |
"Roads, sewers, daffodils, Carry On Cleo and Hadrians Wall
Rabbits....
Bragging rights for the Scots. Never conquered on a permanent or lasting basis, no matter who tried
But have always been ruled by sasanachs.
Ah but there we must look at the facts. The word sassanach truly refers to those who speak an Anglican language (inc southern Scots ) not referring to the English as now commonly thought ! Considering Scotland is one of the oldest nations in Europe and pre dates the English nation then we cannot have always been ruled by the sassanach , oh and as a n afterthought I do believe James VI OF SCOTLAND took the English throne , therefore the evidence is irrefutable hehe
Hm but the Scots were Celts weren't they? Didn't they invade here from Europe - somewhere around where modern-day Switzerland is now?
Also tribes from Ireland, picts, Celts etc all came over to form a nation, no conquest of a country at that stage
Ah, much as we did in India, Kenya, etc?
Ah but we took our machine guns and rifles to conquer armies of people's armed with sticks and stones to expand the empire "
The point being? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Roads, sewers, daffodils, Carry On Cleo and Hadrians Wall
Rabbits....
Bragging rights for the Scots. Never conquered on a permanent or lasting basis, no matter who tried
But have always been ruled by sasanachs.
Ah but there we must look at the facts. The word sassanach truly refers to those who speak an Anglican language (inc southern Scots ) not referring to the English as now commonly thought ! Considering Scotland is one of the oldest nations in Europe and pre dates the English nation then we cannot have always been ruled by the sassanach , oh and as a n afterthought I do believe James VI OF SCOTLAND took the English throne , therefore the evidence is irrefutable hehe
Hm but the Scots were Celts weren't they? Didn't they invade here from Europe - somewhere around where modern-day Switzerland is now?
Also tribes from Ireland, picts, Celts etc all came over to form a nation, no conquest of a country at that stage
Ah, much as we did in India, Kenya, etc?
Ah but we took our machine guns and rifles to conquer armies of people's armed with sticks and stones to expand the empire
The point being? "
That Scotland was never conquered ! When the tribes settled Scotland never existed , we as an empire marched into established countries and civilizations and took it by superior force. (ie India, Kenya as was quoted ) |
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"Roads, sewers, daffodils, Carry On Cleo and Hadrians Wall
Rabbits....
Bragging rights for the Scots. Never conquered on a permanent or lasting basis, no matter who tried
But have always been ruled by sasanachs.
Ah but there we must look at the facts. The word sassanach truly refers to those who speak an Anglican language (inc southern Scots ) not referring to the English as now commonly thought ! Considering Scotland is one of the oldest nations in Europe and pre dates the English nation then we cannot have always been ruled by the sassanach , oh and as a n afterthought I do believe James VI OF SCOTLAND took the English throne , therefore the evidence is irrefutable hehe
Hm but the Scots were Celts weren't they? Didn't they invade here from Europe - somewhere around where modern-day Switzerland is now?
Also tribes from Ireland, picts, Celts etc all came over to form a nation, no conquest of a country at that stage
Ah, much as we did in India, Kenya, etc?
Ah but we took our machine guns and rifles to conquer armies of people's armed with sticks and stones to expand the empire
The point being?
That Scotland was never conquered ! When the tribes settled Scotland never existed , we as an empire marched into established countries and civilizations and took it by superior force. (ie India, Kenya as was quoted ) "
I don't think you will find that is how the British colonised India at all... |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Roads, sewers, daffodils, Carry On Cleo and Hadrians Wall
Rabbits....
Bragging rights for the Scots. Never conquered on a permanent or lasting basis, no matter who tried
But have always been ruled by sasanachs.
Ah but there we must look at the facts. The word sassanach truly refers to those who speak an Anglican language (inc southern Scots ) not referring to the English as now commonly thought ! Considering Scotland is one of the oldest nations in Europe and pre dates the English nation then we cannot have always been ruled by the sassanach , oh and as a n afterthought I do believe James VI OF SCOTLAND took the English throne , therefore the evidence is irrefutable hehe
Hm but the Scots were Celts weren't they? Didn't they invade here from Europe - somewhere around where modern-day Switzerland is now?
Also tribes from Ireland, picts, Celts etc all came over to form a nation, no conquest of a country at that stage
Ah, much as we did in India, Kenya, etc?
Ah but we took our machine guns and rifles to conquer armies of people's armed with sticks and stones to expand the empire
The point being?
That Scotland was never conquered ! When the tribes settled Scotland never existed , we as an empire marched into established countries and civilizations and took it by superior force. (ie India, Kenya as was quoted )
I don't think you will find that is how the British colonised India at all..."
It was not meant to be a coherant lesson on British modern history, more a lighthearted banter on the back of some teasing about the Scots , all taken in a lighthearted way. I am more than aware of how India was colonised by the empire and fought over by various European nations, the east India trading company etc etc. It so happens I have a masters in history and know quite a bit about this subject. The point was that WE as an empire exploited other countries by some form of conquest. Happy now ? Can we get back to lighthearted now ?  |
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"Roads, sewers, daffodils, Carry On Cleo and Hadrians Wall
Rabbits....
Nah....rabbits were on the British mainland for hundreds of thousands of years before the Romans invaded"
Rabbit were introduced to Britain by the Romans but were kept in pens none are recorded living wild in Britain until the 13th century. |
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"Roads, sewers, daffodils, Carry On Cleo and Hadrians Wall
Rabbits....
Nah....rabbits were on the British mainland for hundreds of thousands of years before the Romans invaded
Rabbit were introduced to Britain by the
Romans but were kept in pens none
are recorded living wild in Britain until
the 13th century."
Quite right. Mr Boring Git here knows his English Roman history  |
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"Roads, sewers, daffodils, Carry On Cleo and Hadrians Wall
Rabbits....
Nah....rabbits were on the British mainland for hundreds of thousands of years before the Romans invaded
Rabbit were introduced to Britain by the Romans but were kept in pens none are recorded living wild in Britain until the 13th century."
That's a very old study, the Swanscombe chalk pit dig in Kent blew that old chestnut out of the water a few years ago.
It is true that the Romans reintroduced the Spanish rabbit back into Britain when they invaded, but proof of earlier wild rabbits have been found over the last few years.
Look it up.... |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Roads, sewers, daffodils, Carry On Cleo and Hadrians Wall
Rabbits....
Nah....rabbits were on the British mainland for hundreds of thousands of years before the Romans invaded"
Rabbits were not even recorded as existing in this country until the 12th century. |
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By *B9 QueenWoman
over a year ago
Over the rainbow, under the bridge |
"Roads, sewers, daffodils, Carry On Cleo and Hadrians Wall
Rabbits....
Nah....rabbits were on the British mainland for hundreds of thousands of years before the Romans invaded
Rabbits were not even recorded as existing in this country until the 12th century."
Quite true. The domestic rabbit is a descendant of the wild European rabbit. Rabbits were believed to have been introduced to Britain by the Romans, however, who kept them in fenced off warrens and harvested their meat and fur. |
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"Roads, sewers, daffodils, Carry On Cleo and Hadrians Wall
Rabbits....
Nah....rabbits were on the British mainland for hundreds of thousands of years before the Romans invaded
Rabbits were not even recorded as existing in this country until the 12th
century."
The Daily Telegraph states "The Romans first brought rabbits to Britain but they were not established in the wild until the mid to late 12th Century"....dinosaurs were not recorded until quite recently.... |
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By *B9 QueenWoman
over a year ago
Over the rainbow, under the bridge |
"Roads, sewers, daffodils, Carry On Cleo and Hadrians Wall
Rabbits....
Nah....rabbits were on the British mainland for hundreds of thousands of years before the Romans invaded
Rabbits were not even recorded as existing in this country until the 12th
century.
The Daily Telegraph states "The Romans first brought rabbits to Britain but they were not established in the wild until the mid to late 12th Century"....dinosaurs were not recorded until quite recently...."
That's kind of what I was getting at - they were here before they were recorded. Just didn't put it very well. |
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"Roads, sewers, daffodils, Carry On Cleo and Hadrians Wall
Rabbits....
Nah....rabbits were on the British mainland for hundreds of thousands of years before the Romans invaded
Rabbits were not even recorded as existing in this country until the 12th century.
Quite true. The domestic rabbit is a descendant of the wild European rabbit. Rabbits were believed to have been introduced to Britain by the Romans, however, who kept them in fenced off warrens and harvested their meat and fur. "
I love rabbits! I used to breed them and sell them to my mum's friends! Lovely tasty meat! |
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"Roads, sewers, daffodils, Carry On Cleo and Hadrians Wall
Rabbits....
Nah....rabbits were on the British mainland for hundreds of thousands of years before the Romans invaded
Rabbits were not even recorded as existing in this country until the 12th century."
The Boxgrove and Swanscombe Archaeological digs in 2005 and 2007, unearthed several rabbit tooth which date back to Neolithic times, which blew the previous beliefs about rabbits in Britain out of the water.
They did however die out long before the Romans brought them in as a penned and farmed animal from Spain. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Roads, sewers, daffodils, Carry On Cleo and Hadrians Wall
Rabbits....
Nah....rabbits were on the British mainland for hundreds of thousands of years before the Romans invaded
Rabbits were not even recorded as existing in this country until the 12th century.
The Boxgrove and Swanscombe Archaeological digs in 2005 and 2007, unearthed several rabbit tooth which date back to Neolithic times, which blew the previous beliefs about rabbits in Britain out of the water.
They did however die out long before the Romans brought them in as a penned and farmed animal from Spain."
So i'm not ENTIRELY wrong then?
Anyway, the rabbits I have seen didn't have teeth. But hey did have batteries though. |
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By *icekatCouple
over a year ago
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"Bloody French (Normans) coming over here and telling us what to do!
Bloody cheek of it ! "
Normans were not French people strictly speaking. Normans were descended from the Norse men ( The Vikings )
I Don't mind French people its a great place for holidays . |
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Just to be annoying, Viking is a verb not a noun - the Svear, the Norse and the Danes all went 'Viking' but it was the Dane who settled in the English Kingdoms.
Strangely enough, during the research into 'Face of Britain' (Dr Robin McKie) it was discovered that it is effectively impossible to differentiate between Danish and Anglo Saxon genes - we are close cousins it seems. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Just to be annoying, Viking is a verb not a noun - the Svear, the Norse and the Danes all went 'Viking' but it was the Dane who settled in the English Kingdoms.
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Your not being annoying. You are being a pedant. |
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"I am, I was thinking about starting a petition in order to gain an apology from their descendants.
Would you sign it?
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Even today, some of the wealthiest people in Britain have French surnames. In literature, Mr D'Arcy is an example of an old Norman family hanging onto their wealth for generations. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I am, I was thinking about starting a petition in order to gain an apology from their descendants.
Would you sign it?
Even today, some of the wealthiest people in Britain have French surnames. In literature, Mr D'Arcy is an example of an old Norman family hanging onto their wealth for generations."
So? |
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