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Started by Viking, January 09, 2010, 02:46:26 AM

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Viking

January 09, 2010, 02:46:26 AM
http://ang.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C4%93afods%C4%ABde

With a bit of good will and knowledge of context I can read it. It's about as hard to understand as modern dutch for me. I like the way they refer to Anglo-Saxon (the language) as English in Anglo-Saxon.
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Admiral Yi

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January 09, 2010, 06:12:19 AM
I always felt that the poor Saxons got gypped on the naming rights.  Not to mention the Jutes.

Josquius

#2
January 09, 2010, 07:13:09 AM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on January 09, 2010, 06:12:19 AM
I always felt that the poor Saxons got gypped on the naming rights.  Not to mention the Jutes.
Yeah, whats particularly odd is that the Saxons came out as the dominant folks too- the Angles being primarily in the Viking ravaged north and east whilst the Saxons were sitting pretty in Wessex and from there eventually went on to form England.

But I suppose we should be thankful. If the Saxons had got naming rights I'd be living in Sexeland or somesuch.
And it'd be pretty confusing given the importance the Saxons in Germany have had over history.
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Jaron

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January 09, 2010, 03:53:41 PM
What a silly thing to do.
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Sheilbh

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January 09, 2010, 07:32:03 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on January 09, 2010, 06:12:19 AM
I always felt that the poor Saxons got gypped on the naming rights.  Not to mention the Jutes.
Blame Bede.
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Ed Anger

#6
January 09, 2010, 07:54:19 PM
useless shit on the internet. What a shocker.
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derspiess

#7
January 10, 2010, 08:47:06 PM
Still not as dumb as Wikipedia in Esperanto.
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syk

#8
January 10, 2010, 09:03:54 PM
Quote from: derspiess on January 10, 2010, 08:47:06 PM
Still not as dumb as Wikipedia in Esperanto.
I've only ever met one person who claimed to speak Esperanto. Still beats the number of people I met speaking Anglo-Saxon.

Sheilbh

#9
January 10, 2010, 09:06:54 PM
Quote from: syk on January 10, 2010, 09:03:54 PM
Quote from: derspiess on January 10, 2010, 08:47:06 PM
Still not as dumb as Wikipedia in Esperanto.
I've only ever met one person who claimed to speak Esperanto. Still beats the number of people I met speaking Anglo-Saxon.
Hwaet!?
Let's bomb Russia!

syk

#10
January 10, 2010, 09:14:41 PM
Quote from: Sheilbh on January 10, 2010, 09:06:54 PM
Quote from: syk on January 10, 2010, 09:03:54 PM
Quote from: derspiess on January 10, 2010, 08:47:06 PM
Still not as dumb as Wikipedia in Esperanto.
I've only ever met one person who claimed to speak Esperanto. Still beats the number of people I met speaking Anglo-Saxon.
Hwaet!?
:D

derspiess

#11
January 10, 2010, 11:27:16 PM
Quote from: syk on January 10, 2010, 09:03:54 PM
Quote from: derspiess on January 10, 2010, 08:47:06 PM
Still not as dumb as Wikipedia in Esperanto.
I've only ever met one person who claimed to speak Esperanto. Still beats the number of people I met speaking Anglo-Saxon.

But Esperanto is a flat-out stupid language to begin with.  Which makes anything in Esperanto infinitely dumber than anything in Anglo-Saxon. 
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

Syt

#12
January 11, 2010, 12:55:08 AM
What about Interlingua?
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Crazy_Ivan80

#13
January 11, 2010, 01:00:56 AM
Quote from: syk on January 10, 2010, 09:03:54 PM
Quote from: derspiess on January 10, 2010, 08:47:06 PM
Still not as dumb as Wikipedia in Esperanto.
I've only ever met one person who claimed to speak Esperanto. Still beats the number of people I met speaking Anglo-Saxon.
you'd start to wonder sometimes though if you heard our coastal old geezers talk in their dialect

Caliga

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January 12, 2010, 06:12:56 AM
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