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Presumably, all literate deaf people - i.e. all deaf people in the West - which means it happens all the time.

Taking up a point made by Ishmael, has anyone thought about the unusual story we are fed about the development of printing?

First the Chinese invent it, even though it is singularly ill-suited to t ...

Bernie, if - as I think was suggested at one point - (written) Latin developed as a trading language, it would have given a distinct advantage to those who knew it (as it, "You were meant to deli ...

Bernie, you much practise "careful ignoral" with some Applied Epistemologists. I value your contributions.

So, Don, you're suggesting that Derby was a English Midlands version of Mostar. I wonder if they blew up the bridge over the Derwent at any point?

Frank,
Have you thought about the case of Derby? We are told that it is a Viking name (meaning "deer village"). We are also told that it was originally an Anglo-Saxon town called Northworth ...

Shit you people are creative! Awesome.

Does that mean that A-E accepts Grimm's Law?

You seem to be asking Mick primarily but to give you a few things to chew on while he gets his act together.

If writing is a revolutionary new thing that gives you special power as a dominant elite ...

A momentary distraction from suns and bulls...

I thought you lot might enjoy this quote from "The Last Word: Tales from the Tip of the Mother Tongue" by Ben MacIntyre (The Times's residen ...

Maybe RAF is Really Ra-F (fekkin sun-god, innit?).

...or perhaps you see the "British" flag and the Union flag as essentially the same thing...

Hang on, people. Are you for real? There are dozens of paintings and references to the flag combining first the flag of St. andrew and St. George and then finally the horizontal (Northern) Irish one. ...

I'm not advancing any argument but it seems like crass stupidlty to paint what are essentially colourful targets on the body and wings of planes - how they won the Battle of Britain I don't know.

If anyone's interested:

- the castle represents "Castille" (Catalonia and Murcia also mean "castle land")

the chains represent Navarre (can't remember why - chains of mountai ...

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Topic: Matters Arising
Nick Replies: 3607 Views: 993422	Forum: The History of Britain Revealed Posted: 4:50 pm Subject: Matters Arising
Nick Replies: 3607 Views: 993422	Presumably, all literate deaf people - i.e. all deaf people in the West - which means it happens all the time.
Topic: Matters Arising
Nick Replies: 3607 Views: 993422	Forum: The History of Britain Revealed Posted: 4:16 pm Subject: Matters Arising
Nick Replies: 3607 Views: 993422	Taking up a point made by Ishmael, has anyone thought about the unusual story we are fed about the development of printing? First the Chinese invent it, even though it is singularly ill-suited to t ...
Topic: Matters Arising
Nick Replies: 3607 Views: 993422	Forum: The History of Britain Revealed Posted: 4:08 pm Subject: Matters Arising
Nick Replies: 3607 Views: 993422	Bernie, if - as I think was suggested at one point - (written) Latin developed as a trading language, it would have given a distinct advantage to those who knew it (as it, "You were meant to deli ...
Topic: Matters Arising
Nick Replies: 3607 Views: 993422	Forum: The History of Britain Revealed Posted: 1:11 am Subject: Matters Arising
Nick Replies: 3607 Views: 993422	Bernie, you much practise "careful ignoral" with some Applied Epistemologists. I value your contributions.
Topic: Matters Arising
Nick Replies: 3607 Views: 993422	Forum: The History of Britain Revealed Posted: 1:09 am Subject: Matters Arising
Nick Replies: 3607 Views: 993422	So, Don, you're suggesting that Derby was a English Midlands version of Mostar. I wonder if they blew up the bridge over the Derwent at any point?
Topic: Matters Arising
Nick Replies: 3607 Views: 993422	Forum: The History of Britain Revealed Posted: 5:22 pm Subject: Matters Arising
Nick Replies: 3607 Views: 993422	Frank, Have you thought about the case of Derby? We are told that it is a Viking name (meaning "deer village"). We are also told that it was originally an Anglo-Saxon town called Northworth ...
Topic: Matters Arising
Nick Replies: 3607 Views: 993422	Forum: The History of Britain Revealed Posted: 5:05 pm Subject: Matters Arising
Nick Replies: 3607 Views: 993422	Shit you people are creative! Awesome.
Topic: Matters Arising
Nick Replies: 3607 Views: 993422	Forum: The History of Britain Revealed Posted: 11:53 pm Subject: Matters Arising
Nick Replies: 3607 Views: 993422	Does that mean that A-E accepts Grimm's Law?
Topic: Matters Arising
Nick Replies: 3607 Views: 993422	Forum: The History of Britain Revealed Posted: 4:06 am Subject: Matters Arising
Nick Replies: 3607 Views: 993422	You seem to be asking Mick primarily but to give you a few things to chew on while he gets his act together. If writing is a revolutionary new thing that gives you special power as a dominant elite ...
Topic: Matters Arising
Nick Replies: 3607 Views: 993422	Forum: The History of Britain Revealed Posted: 6:43 am Subject: Matters Arising
Nick Replies: 3607 Views: 993422	A momentary distraction from suns and bulls... I thought you lot might enjoy this quote from "The Last Word: Tales from the Tip of the Mother Tongue" by Ben MacIntyre (The Times's residen ...
Topic: Matters Arising
Nick Replies: 3607 Views: 993422	Forum: The History of Britain Revealed Posted: 6:45 pm Subject: Matters Arising
Nick Replies: 3607 Views: 993422	Maybe RAF is Really Ra-F (fekkin sun-god, innit?).
Topic: Matters Arising
Nick Replies: 3607 Views: 993422	Forum: The History of Britain Revealed Posted: 5:49 pm Subject: Matters Arising
Nick Replies: 3607 Views: 993422	...or perhaps you see the "British" flag and the Union flag as essentially the same thing...
Topic: Matters Arising
Nick Replies: 3607 Views: 993422	Forum: The History of Britain Revealed Posted: 5:45 pm Subject: Matters Arising
Nick Replies: 3607 Views: 993422	Hang on, people. Are you for real? There are dozens of paintings and references to the flag combining first the flag of St. andrew and St. George and then finally the horizontal (Northern) Irish one. ...
Topic: Matters Arising
Nick Replies: 3607 Views: 993422	Forum: The History of Britain Revealed Posted: 7:48 pm Subject: Matters Arising
Nick Replies: 3607 Views: 993422	I'm not advancing any argument but it seems like crass stupidlty to paint what are essentially colourful targets on the body and wings of planes - how they won the Battle of Britain I don't know.
Topic: Matters Arising
Nick Replies: 3607 Views: 993422	Forum: The History of Britain Revealed Posted: 7:45 pm Subject: Matters Arising
Nick Replies: 3607 Views: 993422	If anyone's interested: - the castle represents "Castille" (Catalonia and Murcia also mean "castle land") the chains represent Navarre (can't remember why - chains of mountai ...