Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: naughty Pascal Date: 9 Jan 2026 07:04:49 GMT Lines: 12 Message-ID: References: <7cadnTBwKKzA68r0nZ2dnZfqn_idnZ2d@giganews.com> <10jak55$13ji1$2@dont-email.me> <20260105104946.00005ab4@gmail.com> <10ji02o$3f9k2$3@nntp.eternal-september.org> <10ji20j$3fsod$3@nntp.eternal-september.org> <20260106142216.00007bbc@gmail.com> <20260107085703.00006e86@gmail.com> <10jo4bg$1e3l8$6@dont-email.me> <20260108184608.07ed7f69@coppelia.commodorejohn.com> <20260108201342.60f93466@coppelia.commodorejohn.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net BHQszv2FH45Bh0q+5rHHXg7wNWWKJBtxJqbSZmURE1GVgBHbx2 Cancel-Lock: sha1:4WWY5H8G2/qOR7QgtBkWWU9/j5M= sha256:5uuM6bEsLadFKWFyRO7oomoVj4t7odALifnEvRMM8vE= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:80800 alt.folklore.computers:233438 On Thu, 8 Jan 2026 20:13:42 -0800, John Ames wrote: > They do now - but they had a different character once upon a time. > England used to be a bunch of Celts and a handful of Roman expats 'til > the Germanic tribes rolled in; then it was a bunch of Saxons squabbling > with their Scots and Welsh neighbors 'til the Normans steamrolled > everyone - and the Normans themselves were Vikings "gone native" in > France (like the Rus over in Kyiv.) And the "native" French were just a > *different* blend of Gallic, Germanic, and Latin, way back when. Turkey > useta be Phrygia, back in the mists of time... Don't forget the Danes and Norwegians...