I mean the roots were English expansionism, planting a new set of people there and a few centuries of oppression.
I assume you mean those French speaking Normans who oppressed us Saxons/Vikings/Danes for hundreds of years.
I mean the roots were English expansionism, planting a new set of people there and a few centuries of oppression.
Polly has a point.I assume you mean those French speaking Normans who oppressed us Saxons/Vikings/Danes for hundreds of years.
ah, but the English were the first to be enslaved.Polly has a point.
The 1169 invasion was Norman. The first Norman king to speak English as a first language wasn't until Edward III in the 1330s.
But conquest and enslavement only counts when it's the English doing it
Polly has a point.
The 1169 invasion was Norman. The first Norman king to speak English as a first language wasn't until Edward III in the 1330s.
But conquest and enslavement only counts when it's the English doing it
Facts, dear boy. Facts.Lol sometimes you are super funny.
I assume you mean those French speaking Normans who oppressed us Saxons/Vikings/Danes for hundreds of years.
Polly has a point.
The 1169 invasion was Norman. The first Norman king to speak English as a first language wasn't until Edward III in the 1330s.
But conquest and enslavement only counts when it's the English doing it
Brexiters aren’t all idiotic racists, but all idiotic racists are brexiters
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I like that :-)
I actually know an idiotic racist who voted remain. What do I win?
You can never watch enough porn sites
What is wrong with you
Erectile dysfunction again?
You poor fella
Did you see lots of adds for porn when you clicked on the link?
What were they - just out of interest
And why we have French words for meat on a plate and English words for the animals in the field; due to the enslavement of the English that never happenedWhen I was learning French recently I seem to remember my tutor informing me that over 30% of English words are French; it helped me enormously when you realise you already know 1000s of words.
For example all English words suffixed in ...ance, are the same in French, just spoken with a comedy French accent.
Nothing as they didn’t.
And why we have French words for meat on a plate and English words for the animals in the field; due to the enslavement of the English that never happened
I'm being disingenuous actually; the Normans were not keen on direct slavery believe it or not. Slavery was much more common under Saxon rule (around 10-15% of the population) but that went down to less than 5% under the Normans. They preferred the semi slavery of serfdom instead.Generally yes, but not all. Rabbit, lamb, chicken, duck are a few off the top of my head. Working around a French menu is a game* in itself, some local dishes have no English translation.
*No pun intended.
Not sure how much better serfdom was at times depending on the brutality of the local lord.I'm being disingenuous actually; the Normans were not keen on direct slavery believe it or not. Slavery was much more common under Saxon rule (around 10-15% of the population) but that went down to less than 5% under the Normans. They preferred the semi slavery of serfdom instead.
With the wrong lord it was considerably worse than slavery with a reasonable (or largely absent) master.Not sure how much better serfdom was at times depending on the brutality of the local lord.
So Polly are you ever going to answer this question?
What porn adds did you see when you clicked on the link?
Yes that did go a step or two past brutal.With the wrong lord it was considerably worse than slavery with a reasonable (or largely absent) master.
The "right of the first night" was an especially awful clause (though far more likely to be invoked in Normandy than in England)
ah, but the English were the first to be enslaved.