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Originally Posted by rogueteens
England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are countries in their own right.
England, Scotland and Wales make up Great Britain.
England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland make up the United Kingdom.
England, Scotland, Wales, Northern and Southern Ireland make up the British Isles.
French was used in the English courts for a few centuries as it was seen as a "high class" language, a kind of snobbery. in no way was it ever imposed upon them by the French which is what you argued.
Yes, Vikings did settle in parts of Northern England but in no way did they conquer any of it, it was a peaceful settlement. the Vikings that raided the costal towns raided then left - it was just that , a raid.
I think your problem is that you don't understand the meaning of the word "conquer".
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There ya go!!
Thank you for the breakdown of the various variations on 'England/Britain/UK' etc. Kind of proves my point about the Brits being 'nit picky' tho eh? LOL
(And you are wrong about the Vikings mate. Raids yes but also = conquer. The "problem", really, is for many centuries "England" was a 'work in progress' if you will; meaning there were many shiftings and alliances and wars and battles to secure that Island. So until the population stabilized it was a patchwork of mini-kingdoms, fealties etc. So there wasn't really a unified 'Kingdom" to "conquer" in the traditional sense. So, PARTS of England were conquered along the way is my point.)
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Originally Posted by TrashyContent
I love Dumb Americans... you obviously know shit about History... Your talking about George of Hanover, who if you knew anything would know he was more English/Scottish than he was German :/ He was a great grand-son of King James I...
And you say your American ? What like a Native American ? Otherwise your nothing but a mongrel... with some sort of foreign blood in your linage... maybe even English, how shit would that be  |
Regardless of which particular despot - I mean, KING - I am "talking about" the POINT is still the same. Plus, being American, I never claimed to be of pure blood, and certainly not blue. However, I also do not pretend that my Royal Family are British when in fact they are GERMAN.
Heil Windsor!