Re: Have you always dreamed of become a high payed consultant?

[Alistair Maclean <address@hidden>]

In article <3DE79D07.64BE@paralynx.com>, Ed Guy <ed_guy@paralynx.com>
writes
>Alistair Maclean wrote:
>> 
>> In article <3DE6D0CE.6AA2@paralynx.com>, Ed Guy <ed_guy@paralynx.com>
>> writes
>> >However, you forget that the French DID conquer England in 1066
>> Definitely wrong. Normans were not French as there was no such thing at
>> that time (apart from some vague notional concept).
>
>True, the Normans were the "North Men", having invaded and taken over as rulers 
>of that 
>part of France.  However, as was made clear in a recent TV series "Blood of the 
>Vikings", 

Damn, I knew I should have watched that rerun.

>a large number of their troops were ethnically French (i.e. longer 
>time 
>dwellers in what we now call France).  "Guy" is a French name (derived from an 
>old 
>German one, not Norse) and there plenty of "Guys" with the Normans.
>
>There were even some Scots returning to Britain.  A friend of mine is named 
>"Lamont", 
New to me but my mob are the original article.


>which he says was derived from "Lomond" and that his ancestors went from 
>Scotland to 
>France, francisied their name and returned in 1066.
>
>> >and the language
>> >known
>> >today as English is one of the results.
>> 
>> It is debatable as to how much English owes to the Normans but it is
>> definitely rooted in Anglo-Saxon with elements of Norse, Gaelic (chiefly
>> Welsh) and Danish. 
>
>We were taught that the language shows how Normans were the ruling class.  The 
>names of 
>foods in English often come from the French (e.g."Beef") while the names of the 
>animals 
>("Cow") come from Anglo Saxon - because the Saxons looked after the animals 
>while the 
>Normans only ate them.
Also, polite words derive from the Norman French and swear words derive
from the Anglo-Saxon.

>So I guess I'm also the result of 
>assimilation.
'Borg?

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Alistair Maclean

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