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Thinkerbell · 41-45, F
@val70
The Angles and Saxons were Germans too. Earlier, the Celts had mostly fled to the British Isles, and fought a losing battle against the Anglo-Saxons. Welsh and Gaelic are probably as close as you can get to an original Celtic language today.
Some of the early Celts took to the Bavarian hills and mountains during the Roman and barbarian invasions. I'm a Bavarian Celt by ancestry. 😁
The Angles and Saxons were Germans too. Earlier, the Celts had mostly fled to the British Isles, and fought a losing battle against the Anglo-Saxons. Welsh and Gaelic are probably as close as you can get to an original Celtic language today.
Some of the early Celts took to the Bavarian hills and mountains during the Roman and barbarian invasions. I'm a Bavarian Celt by ancestry. 😁
Thinkerbell · 41-45, F
@val70
Well, it wouldn't do in the middle of WW1 for a British noble family to have a name like Battenberg, so they translated it to Mountbatten. 🤫
Ach, Plattdeutsch! Wo schöön!
(I must admit, I had to look that up in a Hochdeutsch > Plattdeutsch dictionary.)
Well, it wouldn't do in the middle of WW1 for a British noble family to have a name like Battenberg, so they translated it to Mountbatten. 🤫
Ach, Plattdeutsch! Wo schöön!
(I must admit, I had to look that up in a Hochdeutsch > Plattdeutsch dictionary.)
sree251 · 41-45, M
Coming from a Cuban, that's rich. He can't even see a sense of belonging between US and South America.
Thinkerbell · 41-45, F
@Kwek00
Oh, forgive me... I forgot how obtuse you are, Kweki.
I gave you enough credit to understand what it meant when I said Lincoln had recognized emancipation was a necessary war aim by 1863.
But since you need more explicit, kindergarten-level language, no the South was not the "good guys."
And the OP evidently did not think a discussion of European colonialism, forced labor or slavery was a "red herring," but then again, she has at least twice your IQ.* 😂 😂 😂
* that means Intelligence Quotient, since you probably didn't know that either. 🤭
Oh, forgive me... I forgot how obtuse you are, Kweki.
I gave you enough credit to understand what it meant when I said Lincoln had recognized emancipation was a necessary war aim by 1863.
But since you need more explicit, kindergarten-level language, no the South was not the "good guys."
And the OP evidently did not think a discussion of European colonialism, forced labor or slavery was a "red herring," but then again, she has at least twice your IQ.* 😂 😂 😂
* that means Intelligence Quotient, since you probably didn't know that either. 🤭
sree251 · 41-45, M
@Thinkerbell
You people are such good students of history. Did you all give teacher an apple?
They mostly fought to save the Union, but abolitionists and free blacks certainly fought to end slavery. And by 1863, Lincoln recognized that emancipation had become a necessary war aim.
Davis called the Emancipation Proclamation "the most execrable document ever signed by the hand of guilty man," or words to that effect.
Davis called the Emancipation Proclamation "the most execrable document ever signed by the hand of guilty man," or words to that effect.
You people are such good students of history. Did you all give teacher an apple?
Thinkerbell · 41-45, F
@sree251
Nah, the teacher gave Val and me 💯%. No apples needed.
Kwek, on the other hand, never got more
than 40%. A rock could do better.
Nah, the teacher gave Val and me 💯%. No apples needed.
Kwek, on the other hand, never got more
than 40%. A rock could do better.
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