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The letter below has been sent to The Times.

Dear Sir,

A Museum of English

That there is to be a museum of the English language would be welcome were it not clear that it will feature the ...

Although I do not think it matters whether Beowulf was faked or not (it does not seem to have much relevance to English history), Mick's remarks strike more than one chord in me. As I had to fake Gree ...

What do readers think of the recent suggestion that Arthur was a Bronze Age hero who kept being updated by later generations? Throwing swords, bronze ones, into lakes was a favoured though expensive B ...

Coombe (cwm)

Coombe is old English, and not necessarily a loan from the Welsh cwm. Perhaps they have a common ancestry.

Students of British place names have tended to exaggerate affinities with ...

That the Greek 'purgos' and 'burgh', 'burg', and even 'berg' are cognates is noted in my 1901 edition of Liddell and Scott's Greek-English Lexicon. It is used by Homer and Hesiod, as well as later wri ...

When I said that Rousay was a good place to study ancient settlement I was referring to the abundance of evidence, not that it was representative, which it clearly is not. The remains of some brochs a ...

'Old up. Gaulish is reckoned to be a Celtic language; as you say, not an IE let alone a Romance language.
I find the term 'Celtic' useless. As the Danes believe their language, which is clearly Norse ...

Last I heard, orthodoxy was bending over backwards to show that a self-sustaining arable life was possible in the Shetlands if they spread enough alkaline(?) sand on the acidic(?) soil; but it is only ...

I am a new boy and must start with a confession to Mick. I was once 'a public school classical scholar', albeit a rather plebeian one as the City of Birmingham paid my fees at King Edward's School, an ...

My disagreements with Mick's hypotheses are too tiny to bother with. I am much more concerned to show that the DNA and linguistic evidence supports him. Will do that on another thread.

There is one ...

New to the group I have not yet read all the submissions, but feel I can raise a query on hill forts.

I live within walking distance of Blunsdon hill fort, and not very far from Barbury Castle. Eve ...

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Topic: Matters Arising
Geoff Gardiner Replies: 3607 Views: 1542626	Forum: The History of Britain Revealed Posted: 9:37 am Subject: Matters Arising
Geoff Gardiner Replies: 3607 Views: 1542626	The letter below has been sent to The Times. Dear Sir, A Museum of English That there is to be a museum of the English language would be welcome were it not clear that it will feature the ...
Topic: Myth-making
Geoff Gardiner Replies: 180 Views: 87659	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 9:47 pm Subject: Myth-making
Geoff Gardiner Replies: 180 Views: 87659	Although I do not think it matters whether Beowulf was faked or not (it does not seem to have much relevance to English history), Mick's remarks strike more than one chord in me. As I had to fake Gree ...
Topic: Arthurian Romance
Geoff Gardiner Replies: 244 Views: 220996	Forum: British History Posted: 8:52 pm Subject: Arthurian Romance
Geoff Gardiner Replies: 244 Views: 220996	What do readers think of the recent suggestion that Arthur was a Bronze Age hero who kept being updated by later generations? Throwing swords, bronze ones, into lakes was a favoured though expensive B ...
Topic: Seven Words
Geoff Gardiner Replies: 23 Views: 85024	Forum: Linguistics Posted: 9:46 am Subject: Re: Seven Words
Geoff Gardiner Replies: 23 Views: 85024	Coombe (cwm) Coombe is old English, and not necessarily a loan from the Welsh cwm. Perhaps they have a common ancestry. Students of British place names have tended to exaggerate affinities with ...
Topic: Hill Forts
Geoff Gardiner Replies: 1328 Views: 587319	Forum: British History Posted: 9:34 am Subject: Hill Forts
Geoff Gardiner Replies: 1328 Views: 587319	That the Greek 'purgos' and 'burgh', 'burg', and even 'berg' are cognates is noted in my 1901 edition of Liddell and Scott's Greek-English Lexicon. It is used by Homer and Hesiod, as well as later wri ...
Topic: Hill Forts
Geoff Gardiner Replies: 1328 Views: 587319	Forum: British History Posted: 11:03 pm Subject: Rousay and West Shetland
Geoff Gardiner Replies: 1328 Views: 587319	When I said that Rousay was a good place to study ancient settlement I was referring to the abundance of evidence, not that it was representative, which it clearly is not. The remains of some brochs a ...
Topic: How Fast Do Languages Change?
Geoff Gardiner Replies: 735 Views: 533145	Forum: Linguistics Posted: 10:36 pm Subject: How Fast Do Languages Change?
Geoff Gardiner Replies: 735 Views: 533145	'Old up. Gaulish is reckoned to be a Celtic language; as you say, not an IE let alone a Romance language. I find the term 'Celtic' useless. As the Danes believe their language, which is clearly Norse ...
Topic: Hill Forts
Geoff Gardiner Replies: 1328 Views: 587319	Forum: British History Posted: 1:18 pm Subject: Brochs and farming
Geoff Gardiner Replies: 1328 Views: 587319	Last I heard, orthodoxy was bending over backwards to show that a self-sustaining arable life was possible in the Shetlands if they spread enough alkaline(?) sand on the acidic(?) soil; but it is only ...
Topic: How Fast Do Languages Change?
Geoff Gardiner Replies: 735 Views: 533145	Forum: Linguistics Posted: 12:55 pm Subject: Peoples of the Atlantic Facade
Geoff Gardiner Replies: 735 Views: 533145	I am a new boy and must start with a confession to Mick. I was once 'a public school classical scholar', albeit a rather plebeian one as the City of Birmingham paid my fees at King Edward's School, an ...
Topic: Hill Forts
Geoff Gardiner Replies: 1328 Views: 587319	Forum: British History Posted: 8:53 am Subject: Hill Forts
Geoff Gardiner Replies: 1328 Views: 587319	My disagreements with Mick's hypotheses are too tiny to bother with. I am much more concerned to show that the DNA and linguistic evidence supports him. Will do that on another thread. There is one ...
Topic: Hill Forts
Geoff Gardiner Replies: 1328 Views: 587319	Forum: British History Posted: 7:50 pm Subject: Hill forts
Geoff Gardiner Replies: 1328 Views: 587319	New to the group I have not yet read all the submissions, but feel I can raise a query on hill forts. I live within walking distance of Blunsdon hill fort, and not very far from Barbury Castle. Eve ...