I was doing a bit more geneaology research and it turns out I have actual French ancestry, not just Alsatian as I had been previously led to believe. :(
My great x 10 grandfather came from Charleville, Champagne.
Ok Euros, go ahead and flame me for caring now.
Quote from: Caliga on September 22, 2009, 08:32:32 AM
I was doing a bit more geneaology research and it turns out I have actual French ancestry, not just Alsatian as I had been previously led to believe.
:w00t: CONGRATS PAL! Allons enfants de la Patrie! (that includes you)
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I always thought I was descended from the Normans...but extensive research has led to me discovering I was descended from the Saxons. Fuck my family is a bunch of losers.
That means you probably had some Gaul ancestor that was subjugated by my greasy Roman predecessors! :menace: ;)
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Quote from: Caliga on September 22, 2009, 08:32:32 AM
Ok Euros, go ahead and flame me for caring now.
Loads of people are interested in their genealogy. It's harmless unless you're Mormon in which case it's offensive.
GOOD NEWS! :hug:
Quote from: Valmy on September 22, 2009, 08:36:01 AM
Allons enfants de la Patrie! (that includes you)
Le jour d'liberte est arrive..... oui je parle francais :(
Quote from: Valmy on September 22, 2009, 08:36:01 AM
Quote from: Caliga on September 22, 2009, 08:32:32 AM
I was doing a bit more geneaology research and it turns out I have actual French ancestry, not just Alsatian as I had been previously led to believe.
:w00t: CONGRATS PAL! Allons enfants de la Patrie! (that includes you)
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I always thought I was descended from the Normans...but extensive research has led to me discovering I was descended from the Saxons. Fuck my family is a bunch of losers.
What's wrong with Saxons?
Congrats! Napoleon used your ancestors as cannon fodder.
Lee used mine as cannon fodder. :weep:
Bienvenu parmis nous!
:cheers:
Quote from: syk on September 22, 2009, 09:05:45 AM
What's wrong with Saxons?
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See the dude labelled Harold Rex? Saxons are losers.
Valmy just went on my historical shitlist.
Quote from: Ed Anger on September 22, 2009, 09:25:33 AM
Valmy just went on my historical shitlist.
A supporter of the Godwinsons eh?
Quote from: Valmy on September 22, 2009, 09:20:12 AM
Quote from: syk on September 22, 2009, 09:05:45 AM
What's wrong with Saxons?
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See the dude labelled Harold Rex? Saxons are losers.
Oh okay. I thought you meant continental Saxons.
Quote from: Valmy on September 22, 2009, 09:26:53 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on September 22, 2009, 09:25:33 AM
Valmy just went on my historical shitlist.
A supporter of the Godwinsons eh?
I find the Saxons way more interesting than William the Bastard. Plus Harold's force march to fight the Norse, then march south and hold the Normans until taking an arrow in the eye pretty nifty.
Huscarls are neat too.
Quote from: syk on September 22, 2009, 09:28:44 AM
Oh okay. I thought you meant continental Saxons.
Yeah I am talking Anglo-Saxons not Sachsens.
What really pisses me off is that, after Hastings, a number of the bolder thegns and huscarls travelled to Constantinople and took up service in the Varangian guard. Alexius was campaigning in the Balkans against the Normans and fought a major battle against them at Durazzo, where nearly all the Varangians got killed :mad:
Quote from: Ed Anger on September 22, 2009, 09:07:33 AM
Congrats! Napoleon used your ancestors as cannon fodder.
Lee used mine as cannon fodder. :weep:
I have ancestors from my mother's side who fought and died for Dixie. :)
Quote from: Caliga on September 22, 2009, 09:38:17 AM
I have ancestors from my mother's side who fought and died for Dixie. :)
Wow and I thought my ancestors were losers.
Bon Jour, Caliga... :frog:
Quote from: Richard Hakluyt on September 22, 2009, 09:36:17 AM
What really pisses me off is that, after Hastings, a number of the bolder thegns and huscarls travelled to Constantinople and took up service in the Varangian guard. Alexius was campaigning in the Balkans against the Normans and fought a major battle against them at Durazzo, where nearly all the Varangians got killed :mad:
Some people just can't catch a break. That battle turned out to be significant for stopping the Norman ambitions in the Balkans for awhile IIRC?
Quote from: Valmy on September 22, 2009, 09:47:11 AM
Wow and I thought my ancestors were losers.
I have ancestors on my father's side who fought and died for the Union. I hedged my bets. -_-
Actually, I'm not sure any of the Rebs actually died, but I know a great great great great uncle on my dad's side died at Cedar Mountain (46th Pennsylvania).
Quote from: KRonn on September 22, 2009, 09:48:00 AM
Bon Jour, Caliga... :frog:
I just made a to-do list:
a) buy a beret
b) practice surrendering to all of my neighbors
c) learn how to frown indignantly and shrug shoulders in the same motion
d) start referring to RH and co. as "rosbif"
e) organize labor strike for every minor infraction I see at work
Quote from: Caliga on September 22, 2009, 09:38:17 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on September 22, 2009, 09:07:33 AM
Congrats! Napoleon used your ancestors as cannon fodder.
Lee used mine as cannon fodder. :weep:
I have ancestors from my mother's side who fought and died for Dixie. :)
Mew!
Quote from: Caliga on September 22, 2009, 09:52:08 AM
Quote from: KRonn on September 22, 2009, 09:48:00 AM
Bon Jour, Caliga... :frog:
I just made a to-do list:
a) buy a beret
b) practice surrendering to all of my neighbors
c) learn how to frown indignantly and shrug shoulders in the same motion
d) start referring to RH and co. as "rosbif"
e) organize labor strike for every minor infraction I see at work
f) Swill French Wine. American wine is so...pedestrian
You know you could adopt the Napoleonic paradigm and conquer vast swathes of your neighbourhood.
Quote from: Warspite on September 22, 2009, 10:01:52 AM
You know you could adopt the Napoleonic paradigm and conquer vast swathes of your neighbourhood.
And then parcel it out to your incompetent relatives!
Quote from: Ed Anger on September 22, 2009, 10:01:37 AM
f) Swill French Wine. American wine is so...pedestrian
I already avoid American wine. :hug:
...but I greatly prefer Italian to French wine... hmmm... maybe I can compromise and be Occitan rather than Cosmopolitaine. :)
Quote from: Caliga on September 22, 2009, 08:32:32 AM
I was doing a bit more geneaology research and it turns out I have actual French ancestry, not just Alsatian as I had been previously led to believe. :(
My great x 10 grandfather came from Charleville, Champagne.
Ok Euros, go ahead and flame me for caring now.
You have no business in the South where the men are proud and properly non-Eurocommie.
Quote from: Caliga on September 22, 2009, 10:06:12 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on September 22, 2009, 10:01:37 AM
f) Swill French Wine. American wine is so...pedestrian
I already avoid American wine. :hug:
You wouldn't buy my wine? :cry:
Quote from: Caliga on September 22, 2009, 09:52:08 AM
Quote from: KRonn on September 22, 2009, 09:48:00 AM
Bon Jour, Caliga... :frog:
I just made a to-do list:
a) buy a beret
b) practice surrendering to all of my neighbors
c) learn how to frown indignantly and shrug shoulders in the same motion
d) start referring to RH and co. as "rosbif"
e) organize labor strike for every minor infraction I see at work
Funny though, you don't look French. :cool:
Quote from: Valmy on September 22, 2009, 10:03:53 AM
And then parcel it out to your incompetent relatives!
My sister-in-law shall be the Comtesse de Shelbyville.
Quote from: KRonn on September 22, 2009, 10:07:51 AM
Funny though, you don't look French. :cool:
What do I look like? :huh:
Quote from: Caliga on September 22, 2009, 10:08:20 AM
Quote from: Valmy on September 22, 2009, 10:03:53 AM
And then parcel it out to your incompetent relatives!
My sister-in-law shall be the Comtesse de Shelbyville.
<insert Simpsons joke>
Quote from: Caliga on September 22, 2009, 10:09:10 AM
Quote from: KRonn on September 22, 2009, 10:07:51 AM
Funny though, you don't look French. :cool:
What do I look like? :huh:
Typical American. All you need is to be sitting on a ride on mower with a cheap can of beer in your hand.
If you are not drinking Bordeaux you are not drinking Wine.
Quote from: Ed Anger on September 22, 2009, 10:13:29 AM
<insert Simpsons joke>
Shelbyville happens to be adjacent to Simpsonville, and Springfield is about 30 miles away.
If you want to move, we have a Versailles up here in Ohio. Just don't pronounce it the frog way, they get mad.
Quote from: Ed Anger on September 22, 2009, 10:20:23 AM
If you want to move, we have a Versailles up here in Ohio. Just don't pronounce it the frog way, they get mad.
Bro, we have a Versailles down here too. "VUR-sails" :yes:
Quote from: Caliga on September 22, 2009, 10:21:00 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on September 22, 2009, 10:20:23 AM
If you want to move, we have a Versailles up here in Ohio. Just don't pronounce it the frog way, they get mad.
Bro, we have a Versailles down here too. "VUR-sails" :yes:
:lol:
Are your Versailsians touchy about pronunciation too?
Quote from: Ed Anger on September 22, 2009, 10:22:22 AM
:lol:
Are your Versailsians touchy about pronunciation too?
Yes, or at least the tour guides at Woodford Reserve give that impression when you start the distillery tour.
Quote from: Ed Anger on September 22, 2009, 10:20:23 AM
If you want to move, we have a Versailles up here in Ohio. Just don't pronounce it the frog way, they get mad.
My uncle lives in Lyons, Colorado...pronounced 'lions'. Guess what I call it.
I also pronounce Niederwald, Texas (need-er-wald) the Kraut way just for shits and giggles.
Awesome.
I also liked driving through Russia,Ohio and refusing to pronounce it Rooshe. FUCK YOU PEOPLE. GIVE ME MY DR. PEPPER GAS STATION GUY.
You know who lives in Versailles? SHATNER. :cool:
I wonder how he pronounces Versailles? I'm guessing "VAIR" ...dramatic ten second pause punctuated by several air clawing gestures... "SIGH!"
Quote from: Caliga on September 22, 2009, 10:21:00 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on September 22, 2009, 10:20:23 AM
If you want to move, we have a Versailles up here in Ohio. Just don't pronounce it the frog way, they get mad.
Bro, we have a Versailles down here too. "VUR-sails" :yes:
Reminds me of Manitoba.
Try and guess how Portage la Priairie or Dauphin are pronounced. :lol:
Quote from: Valmy on September 22, 2009, 09:20:12 AM
Quote from: syk on September 22, 2009, 09:05:45 AM
What's wrong with Saxons?
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See the dude labelled Harold Rex? Saxons are losers.
More like unlucky.
Quote from: Barrister on September 22, 2009, 10:51:53 AM
Reminds me of Manitoba.
Try and guess how Portage la Priairie or Dauphin are pronounced. :lol:
Hmmm...
Portage la Prairie: PORT-idge la PRAYER
Dauphin: DOW-pin
Quote from: Caliga on September 22, 2009, 10:58:25 AM
Quote from: Barrister on September 22, 2009, 10:51:53 AM
Reminds me of Manitoba.
Try and guess how Portage la Priairie or Dauphin are pronounced. :lol:
Hmmm...
Portage la Prairie: PORT-idge la PRAYER
Dauphin: DOW-pin
Okay, we're Canadian, not hillbilly southerners. :rolleyes:
Portage la Prairie is, well, Portage la prairie (since those words all also exist in english).
Dauphin is Daw-fin.
Just be sure to not try and give them a french pronunciation when you visit.
For a time I lived in Des Plaines, Illinois, which of course is pronounced "dez planes."
Quote from: Barrister on September 22, 2009, 11:05:54 AM
Just be sure to not try and give them a french pronunciation when you visit.
:lol: Like I'll ever be visiting those frigid hellholes. :)
I recently discovered that some of my ancestors were Irish and worked for mobsters in St. Louis.
Quote from: C.C.R. on September 22, 2009, 11:07:14 AM
For a time I lived in Des Plaines, Illinois, which of course is pronounced "dez planes."
The City of Destiny!
Quote from: Caliga on September 22, 2009, 10:06:12 AM
I already avoid American wine. :hug:
Napa doesn't want your hillbilly support, anyway. :blurgh:
Sure they do. They like money, being businesses and all that.
Quote from: Caliga on September 22, 2009, 03:19:53 PM
Sure they do. They like money, being businesses and all that.
Even businesses can be discerning about their customers.
Besides, its probably like Burberry and Chavs. Being connected to a particular customer base hurt their image as something of refinement.
I use Burberry for Men. :cool:
I use D&G.
Quote from: Valmy on September 22, 2009, 09:20:12 AM
Quote from: syk on September 22, 2009, 09:05:45 AM
What's wrong with Saxons?
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See the dude labelled Harold Rex? Saxons are losers.
Hey That's my Uncle. :(
Quote from: Valmy on September 22, 2009, 09:20:12 AM
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See the dude labelled Harold Rex? Saxons are losers.
I see you have succumbed to the propagandist revisionism of the Bayeux tapestry. I'm very sad... :(
That arrow has a rather noticable bend to it where it was restitched when the tapestry was restored a couple of centuries after it was made, so that it would "fit the legend". As far as I am aware, current thought is that the Harold figure is the man (off-screen on the right to your picture) being cut down by the man on the horse (whose arse is shown in your image.)
Without knowing all the arguments, it certainly fits the positioning of the writing "Haroldus Rex Interfecit Est" that is on the tapestry.
Quote from: garbon on September 22, 2009, 03:22:38 PM
Even businesses can be discerning about their customers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjtFWM9JP7Q (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjtFWM9JP7Q)
Unsolicited youtube links? No thanks.
:lol:
Yeah, I'm sure you didn't click it but still felt compelled to say something.
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on September 23, 2009, 10:17:38 AM
:lol:
Yeah, I'm sure you didn't click it but still felt compelled to say something.
Usually I don't click on them, as after all reading a post takes two seconds...with a youtube link you are asking me to give up 2-3 minutes. This morning, I did click on it but then closed it before it had even started to load...so like I said, no thanks. :)
:lol:
Fine, lazy. I'll give you a synopsis. It was a clip from Mad Men where the bosses were admonishing one of the account guys for trying to convince a client to market their tvs to negroes.
I generally don't click youtube links either.
Quote from: Maximus on September 23, 2009, 10:58:39 AM
I generally don't click youtube links either.
I tend to click to see what the video is and then not bother watching.
Quote from: Richard Hakluyt on September 22, 2009, 09:36:17 AM
What really pisses me off is that, after Hastings, a number of the bolder thegns and huscarls travelled to Constantinople and took up service in the Varangian guard. Alexius was campaigning in the Balkans against the Normans and fought a major battle against them at Durazzo, where nearly all the Varangians got killed :mad:
Didn't one of the Saxon royal women end up in Russia married to a rurikid? I vaguely recall the present British monarchy being able to trace a line of descent to the Anglo-Saxon monarchs through her.
Quote from: The Minsky Moment on September 23, 2009, 11:02:43 AM
Quote from: Richard Hakluyt on September 22, 2009, 09:36:17 AM
What really pisses me off is that, after Hastings, a number of the bolder thegns and huscarls travelled to Constantinople and took up service in the Varangian guard. Alexius was campaigning in the Balkans against the Normans and fought a major battle against them at Durazzo, where nearly all the Varangians got killed :mad:
Didn't one of the Saxon royal women end up in Russia married to a rurikid? I vaguely recall the present British monarchy being able to trace a line of descent to the Anglo-Saxon monarchs through her.
Yeah there was like a little colony of them in Russia.