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The worthy academics are partly up the wrong tree. English with a Scandinavian flavour does not post-date the AS but predates them as we discuss on this forum. I wonder if some of the awkwardnesses I ...

Came back on to record a phenomonem. Re-reading the book Anglo-Saxon Weapons and Warfare which contains a number of parallel texts of AS and "modern English". The more I concentrate on the A ...

I had a similar discussion on the Iron Age forum kelticos.org and did actually get them to accept that there might have been pockets of English/some sort of Frisian speakers before the AS along the Ea ...

There is a mystery of omnipotence here in that you "know" that I don't know any capitalists. Or have I got that wrong in that I know nobody that you would define as a capitalist according to ...

If one can solve logic puzzles more easily than another person this doesn't mean superiority just more ability with logic puzzles. So if I ask the old one about two aliens (Blue faced and Green faced, ...

. No claim as to superiority. Baffles me why some people come to different conclusions from the same facts perhaps the Sphinx could say.

No capitalist that I know of wants untramelled market forces ...

To detect an air of superiority in others smacks to me of an inferiority complex. Tell me this isn't the basis of your AE. That you realise or fear that you can never be the intellectual equal of the ...

I am reminded of the protagonist in the History Man and his singular definition of sociology, according to his own prevailing thoughts at the time which he projected as being the "only correct&qu ...

incidentally my keyboard is having rostate trouble with a reluctance to p

Without revealing confidences, I was actually asked to check on someone associated with that case who had applied for a post as a social worker. Only using published media I should add but this was pr ...

Too much salt is poisonous and drinking sea water kills but the body can, given fresh water, excrete any surplus salt without any trouble which is why deliberate poisoning with salt is difficult if no ...

Lacking the time, money and ability to undertake my own research in physics, Earth Sciences et al I have to accept the research of others, as do all of you. Please deny this then explain how you can m ...

Having run a trip boat on the Kennet and Avon for free I can confirm that it was fun and enjoyable but in fact I was also being paid.

Ignoring the fact that I was skint, if I had run my own boat on ...

No point in looking further if you can think of continents as swanning about on the briny then further discussion on this point is fruitless.

Plates do move and there is ample evidence for this. Th ...

I wonder if atheism can be called a belief. An absence of belief yes of course.

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Topic: Matters Arising
Edwin Replies: 3607 Views: 990093	Forum: The History of Britain Revealed Posted: 7:40 pm Subject: Matters Arising
Edwin Replies: 3607 Views: 990093	The worthy academics are partly up the wrong tree. English with a Scandinavian flavour does not post-date the AS but predates them as we discuss on this forum. I wonder if some of the awkwardnesses I ...
Topic: Matters Arising
Edwin Replies: 3607 Views: 990093	Forum: The History of Britain Revealed Posted: 6:41 pm Subject: Slightly bewildered
Edwin Replies: 3607 Views: 990093	Came back on to record a phenomonem. Re-reading the book Anglo-Saxon Weapons and Warfare which contains a number of parallel texts of AS and "modern English". The more I concentrate on the A ...
Topic: How Fast Do Languages Change?
Edwin Replies: 735 Views: 337079	Forum: Linguistics Posted: 6:35 pm Subject: How Fast Do Languages Change?
Edwin Replies: 735 Views: 337079	I had a similar discussion on the Iron Age forum kelticos.org and did actually get them to accept that there might have been pockets of English/some sort of Frisian speakers before the AS along the Ea ...
Topic: Politics, The Final Frontier
Edwin Replies: 1575 Views: 309768	Forum: Politics Posted: 9:36 am Subject: Politics, The Final Frontier
Edwin Replies: 1575 Views: 309768	There is a mystery of omnipotence here in that you "know" that I don't know any capitalists. Or have I got that wrong in that I know nobody that you would define as a capitalist according to ...
Topic: Politics, The Final Frontier
Edwin Replies: 1575 Views: 309768	Forum: Politics Posted: 10:49 pm Subject: Politics, The Final Frontier
Edwin Replies: 1575 Views: 309768	If one can solve logic puzzles more easily than another person this doesn't mean superiority just more ability with logic puzzles. So if I ask the old one about two aliens (Blue faced and Green faced, ...
Topic: Politics, The Final Frontier
Edwin Replies: 1575 Views: 309768	Forum: Politics Posted: 10:11 pm Subject: Politics, The Final Frontier
Edwin Replies: 1575 Views: 309768	. No claim as to superiority. Baffles me why some people come to different conclusions from the same facts perhaps the Sphinx could say. No capitalist that I know of wants untramelled market forces ...
Topic: Politics, The Final Frontier
Edwin Replies: 1575 Views: 309768	Forum: Politics Posted: 5:33 pm Subject: Politics, The Final Frontier
Edwin Replies: 1575 Views: 309768	To detect an air of superiority in others smacks to me of an inferiority complex. Tell me this isn't the basis of your AE. That you realise or fear that you can never be the intellectual equal of the ...
Topic: Politics, The Final Frontier
Edwin Replies: 1575 Views: 309768	Forum: Politics Posted: 2:13 pm Subject: Politics, The Final Frontier
Edwin Replies: 1575 Views: 309768	I am reminded of the protagonist in the History Man and his singular definition of sociology, according to his own prevailing thoughts at the time which he projected as being the "only correct&qu ...
Topic: Politics, The Final Frontier
Edwin Replies: 1575 Views: 309768	Forum: Politics Posted: 8:11 am Subject: Politics, The Final Frontier
Edwin Replies: 1575 Views: 309768	incidentally my keyboard is having rostate trouble with a reluctance to p
Topic: Exercise kills!
Edwin Replies: 47 Views: 64387	Forum: Health Posted: 8:10 am Subject: Exercise kills!
Edwin Replies: 47 Views: 64387	Without revealing confidences, I was actually asked to check on someone associated with that case who had applied for a post as a social worker. Only using published media I should add but this was pr ...
Topic: Exercise kills!
Edwin Replies: 47 Views: 64387	Forum: Health Posted: 10:16 pm Subject: Exercise kills!
Edwin Replies: 47 Views: 64387	Too much salt is poisonous and drinking sea water kills but the body can, given fresh water, excrete any surplus salt without any trouble which is why deliberate poisoning with salt is difficult if no ...
Topic: Politics, The Final Frontier
Edwin Replies: 1575 Views: 309768	Forum: Politics Posted: 9:34 pm Subject: Politics, The Final Frontier
Edwin Replies: 1575 Views: 309768	Lacking the time, money and ability to undertake my own research in physics, Earth Sciences et al I have to accept the research of others, as do all of you. Please deny this then explain how you can m ...
Topic: The Tom Sawyer Principle
Edwin Replies: 685 Views: 171364	Forum: Politics Posted: 6:06 pm Subject: The Tom Sawyer Principle
Edwin Replies: 685 Views: 171364	Having run a trip boat on the Kennet and Avon for free I can confirm that it was fun and enjoyable but in fact I was also being paid. Ignoring the fact that I was skint, if I had run my own boat on ...
Topic: Politics, The Final Frontier
Edwin Replies: 1575 Views: 309768	Forum: Politics Posted: 5:55 pm Subject: Politics, The Final Frontier
Edwin Replies: 1575 Views: 309768	No point in looking further if you can think of continents as swanning about on the briny then further discussion on this point is fruitless. Plates do move and there is ample evidence for this. Th ...
Topic: Politics, The Final Frontier
Edwin Replies: 1575 Views: 309768	Forum: Politics Posted: 5:06 pm Subject: Politics, The Final Frontier
Edwin Replies: 1575 Views: 309768	I wonder if atheism can be called a belief. An absence of belief yes of course.