Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!news.tcpreset.net!newsgate.tebibyte.org!.POSTED.251.red-79-150-114.dynamicip.rima-tde.net!Telcontar.valinor!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E.R." Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Peoples [Was: Wayland Makes Progress] Date: Fri, 15 May 2026 22:28:28 +0200 Organization: Tebibyte_Retro_Gaming Message-ID: References: <10sv1kk$gjtg$1@dont-email.me> <20260505081230.00005ae5@gmail.com> <10tdork$oc5h$3@dont-email.me> <20260505152642.000071fd@gmail.com> <10tef2c$u1ph$1@dont-email.me> <20260506084347.000049fe@gmail.com> <18ad06ee0d21bf57$37606$2332849$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <10tn50b$3ja5h$2@dont-email.me> <10toi32$rit$6@dont-email.me> <10tr3cl$n8tt$8@dont-email.me> <10tt14j$18pja$1@dont-email.me> <10tvc16$1vdgu$19@dont-email.me> <10u1jed$2jago$4@dont-email.me> <6a077f60$0$7111$426a74cc@news.free.fr> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: mailgate.tebibyte.org; posting-host="251.red-79-150-114.dynamicip.rima-tde.net:79.150.114.251"; logging-data="27290"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@tebibyte.org" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: es-ES, en-CA In-Reply-To: <6a077f60$0$7111$426a74cc@news.free.fr> X-Leafnode-NNTP-Posting-Host: 127.0.0.1 Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:86710 On 2026-05-15 22:17, Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote: > Le 13-05-2026, Carlos E.R. a écrit : >> >> In school we were taught that the original peoples in the peninsula were >> the Iberians and the Celts. > > In France I learned about « Nos ancêtres les Gaulois », or our > ancestors the Gaulish. And a lot of people have misconceptions about > that. What it must mean, is that it's the first people from whom we have > knowledge. There were people living in what is now France well before > the Celts came. But we know nothing about them. Of course, there is > archaeology, but it gives us only some clues. > > We don't know what they thought, what they believe in or which language > they spoke for example. When the Celts came, they didn't erased them, > they mixed with them, they teach them things, they learn things from > them, but we don't know what. We can only the result of it and call it > Gaulish people, from which we have some knowledge from the Romans and > from the Greeks. > > When we compare some things with the other Indo-European people, we can > have some clue about what was common between them, but we must take that > very carefully. > > There were people before the Celts in France, for example, we have 1/3 > of the Basque on our side of the frontier, and you have the remaining > 2/3 on your side. They were obviously there well before the Celts. But > from where did they came? What language did they spoke? We know what > they spoke right now, but if an actual Basque was speaking with a Basque > born three thousand years ago, he wouldn't be able to understand him. Hehe, I think they claim they would :-) -- Cheers, Carlos. ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;