On Thursday, February 13, 2003, at 07:57 AM, Roger Wesson wrote:
Well as I understand it Guillaume and his conquerors weren't actually
French, they were Vikings who had previously headed south for better
weather. Normans = Norsemen. As we weren't conquered by the French
we are perfectly entitled to ruin France!
To have been conquered by the French would have been galling indeed :)
Roger
And that is why we all speak a Scandinavian tongue. Hmm. How did all
those French words get into the language?
Winsor Crosby
Long Beach, California, USA
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