> Except here in North Carolina. There are still folks who use the terms
> onest, twice, thrice in everyday language. I have heard that if you
really
> want to hear "old English" go to parts of the south (especially in the
> Appalachian Mountains which were populated originally by Scotch Irish from
> N. Ireland that came from Scotland after they were chased from London by
> the invading Normans) and it will be closer than if traveling in England.
I don't think that the "Scotch Irish" were ever residents of London either
before or after 1066.
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