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2 hours ago, Sweep said:

Quite rightly as well these shitty little enclaves like the Falklands and Gibraltar should be given back to those who they belong to

2 hours ago, Zico said:

and Northern Ireland

And Guernsey, Jersey,  Alderney, Sark, Herm. And Isle of Man, I’m fairly sure Vikings won Man fair and square. Shall we do a deal throw Scotland in?

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12 minutes ago, MickyD said:

And Guernsey, Jersey,  Alderney, Sark, Herm. And Isle of Man, I’m fairly sure Vikings won Man fair and square. Shall we do a deal throw Scotland in?

Yes, and Liverpool 

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4 hours ago, MickyD said:

And Guernsey, Jersey,  Alderney, Sark, Herm. And Isle of Man, I’m fairly sure Vikings won Man fair and square. Shall we do a deal throw Scotland in?

Can people stop talking about the 'vikings' without any understanding of their history or the Anglo Saxons?

The basic idiocy makes my teeth itch. 

Read a fucking history book - there are loads.

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8 hours ago, Not in Crawley said:

Can people stop talking about the 'vikings' without any understanding of their history or the Anglo Saxons?

The basic idiocy makes my teeth itch. 

Read a fucking history book - there are loads.

OMG, Wandersways poster posts an unfactual joke. 

Shock, horror! 

Anyway.  Educate me. 

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20 minutes ago, Nowack said:

I`m guessing its to do with the fact that Vikings are not a people or a tribe etc.

Aye, Tony Curtis looked nowt like Kirk Douglas! Fun fact - the latter was born Issur Danielovitch but changed his name to the capital of the IOM as he was a big fan of the TT races.

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3 hours ago, Nowack said:

I`m guessing its to do with the fact that Vikings are not a people or a tribe etc.

Possibly not but years of acceptance of Viking being accepted and used to describe a member of a Scandinavian raiding party makes it ok for me to upset NiC by misusing the term.

But because NiC called me out for being wrong I’ve ended up doing a tiny bit of research of my own. I’ve found this page but can’t actually see their terminology being any different to mine.

https://theconversation.com/what-does-the-word-viking-really-mean-75647

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18 minutes ago, MickyD said:

Possibly not but years of acceptance of Viking being accepted and used to describe a member of a Scandinavian raiding party makes it ok for me to upset NiC by misusing the term.

But because NiC called me out for being wrong I’ve ended up doing a tiny bit of research of my own. I’ve found this page but can’t actually see their terminology being any different to mine.

https://theconversation.com/what-does-the-word-viking-really-mean-75647

Ffs a tiny bit of research is no good. Go and read a book. 🙄😉

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Just now, royal white said:

Educate you’re

Ffs a tiny bit of research is no good. Go and read a book. 🙄😉

Quite right.

I've got River Kings on order for xmas, can't wait to get stuck into it.

https://www.waterstones.com/book/river-kings/cat-jarman/9780008353117

Cat Jarman is one of my favourite historians, her eposiodes on Gone Medieval are really interesting.

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5 minutes ago, Not in Crawley said:

Quite right.

I've got River Kings on order for xmas, can't wait to get stuck into it.

https://www.waterstones.com/book/river-kings/cat-jarman/9780008353117

Cat Jarman is one of my favourite historians, her eposiodes on Gone Medieval are really interesting.

And what if Cats versions of events differs from other historians on the same topic? Who’s right and who’s wrong? 

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7 minutes ago, royal white said:

And what if Cats versions of events differs from other historians on the same topic? Who’s right and who’s wrong? 

That’s a great point. When two historians give conflicting versions which one is right?

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19 minutes ago, royal white said:

And what if Cats versions of events differs from other historians on the same topic? Who’s right and who’s wrong? 

That's the great point of history, for examle someone like Hobsbawn or E.P Thompson and the CPGM historians group will differ in certain readings from say a Niall Ferguson.

However Jarman's book isn't an arguement from a political readings/context - its a simply a telling of the facts, the fact is The Viking's were not just one homogenus group from Scandinavia. She's not saying there were Viking tribes in the middle east because she is left wing for example.

Anyway, must go I'm in a recording studio with Mica Paris doing some filming. I know it's an illness 😉

 

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On 20/11/2023 at 15:24, Zico said:

and Northern Ireland

https://m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/how-embarrassing-downing-street-included-irish-tricolour-emoji-in-post-about-northern-ireland/a1265009397.html

 

 

first the sea border and now this, 

Downing St making unionists have a complex again

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