I agree - we pretty much started the whole mess! What people object to in
Britain and the US has a lot to do with that ancient French imperial drive.
English became half-French after 1066, the Angevin empire was run by French
speakers, etc. Later, the US was birthed jointly by the enemy twins of England
and France. Those genes have been passed on.
In my defence, I'll state that the Normans were, as the name suggests, very
much of Norse heritage. Can we now blame our Scandinavian members? All that
warlike fierceness has to come from somewhere. Our Frankish tribes were
peace-loving, they took over Roman Gaul with the best intentions, to learn more
about cheese and wine and all that. (Andrew might interject that the Angles
took over an area he knows and did not all end up in Britain) ;-) - Phil
On 05:59, Chris Barker wrote:
>Yes, Philippe, you (personally, of course ;-)) have much to answer
>for! The times of Norman supremacy must have been galling (;-)) for
>the average English native.
>
>Chris
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