General Chat

fd that very interesting bout the archers unfortunatly Im rubbish at that sport my step~mums family were granted lands in Lincolnshire following the batte Barrand was their name descend from Richard Williams half brother so we told my hubbys lot Bagod scoundrels methinks x

I have to admit that on mi dads side they came from Scandinavia. Travelled round by Ireland and went to Normandy. Now when William the conk needed archers to bop Harold he couldn't have the best archers as they were British so he used the next best from where mi dads family came from. Baglin means bowman. So it was possibly one of my rellies who shot Harold through the eye. In recognition the Baglins were given land in Gloucestershire Our line moved in the 1850s poss by rail this time and not by longboat and ended up in Gods own county. Elaine.

with that theory maybe Im a better orator than a writer lol rose gos against the grain for someone like me but heres the thing wen I was a lil un my grandad went to Blarney on st. Pads day went up the the castle , hung upside down outside the window n kissed the stone for me to giv me eloquence of speech bu thats another story

Well the oral tradition was very much the Irish way also, the travelling story tellers. Perhaps that is why Irish writers seem to have such a way with words, telling the stories around the country they were probably altered for each 'audience' and by each story teller ...not a 'set story' as it would have been written down. :)

No sure I could be doing with Viking blood but then I guess with all the Norse, Danes and Jutes around one can never be quite sure

I do have an uncle Norman on Mum's side but he is only by marriage and is is rather pasty to be anything other than English

one of my side is viking

the other i don't know yet

It seems we have a lot to thank then for and granted we did not live through them times so am a little disadvantaged thank goodness the Saxons had no written language for most of their time the Normans appear to change that what the Saxons did though which is lovely is they gave us symbols most we use today isnt that lovely Joy

Apparently a great number of 'indigenous' British came from the Basque region ( don't ask me where I read that this week but I did lol).

I may have some Norman on both sides I think, one side via Ireland.

loses the plot >>>>>>>

brings on the oxygen

That's because one HAS to pause for breath in the 'real world' footie, otherwise one keels over blue in the face.

lol Rose dow have much probs been understood inreal world

footie...I HAVE corrected other people and they have corrected mine...but I am my worst critic, I even correct my spelling on threads that I am looking back on in advanced search lol.

It's an interesting topic...but personally I can't read things if they have no punctuation, it's too hard on the eyes when one is as myopic as me, it is nothing to do with how one speaks ( dialect wise) , when you speak you pause for breath in between sentences so the person listening can understand basically, that is the function of punctuation in the written word.

I refuse to have Norman blood Uzzi my hubby of that breed lol cant say same bout the Romans I fear they may be in my blood somewhere deep down x

Joy the role I choose for employment as ba to do wit wat I say n how I say it on ere

not a prob Joy my spellings probably denote that its me typed the original and me what said it x a point to note though Joy is your don't make no sense see when you took out my "AR" you replaced it with "are" when really you should put "our" so perfectionist or no you created something less perfect than what was already there

hope you don't mind me pointing this out


no not at all hun
been a class room assistant i thought it might help you

Mel I admire the Romans for their buildings etc ..in fact the Romans have left many things still for today, but they were violent and wanted to dominate. Now that's fine if your a Roman of good birth and standing
But more to the point the problem would only be if you lived in that era, as we didn't I do think it's okay to admire the Romans for what they have left behind and do remember the Roman and Norman culture was about many years before 'Christ' .

You say we poor Saxons but I'm sorry to tell you very few of us Brits are pure breds, we all have in us some Norman/ Roman/ invading army in us, over the years.

No no not well done I dow see yu correcting anyone elses post blimey there's loads worse an mine n Rose yu heard me spk yu know this is me

WELL DONE ROSE

ty Rose v kind perhaps someone would care to check me gramma too now