ccasmael replymander.xyz4Hide 4 repliesNo Saxons in the north - Northumbria - north of the Humber - inhabited by Danes, celts, Picts, general naredowells, chancers and rakes etc14Reply
ttecht replylemmy.world3Hide 3 repliesDude it took me 9 lifespans to finally realize that's "ne'er-do-wells"7Reply
ccasmael replymander.xyz2Hide 2 repliesThat sounds interesting where did you go in your nine lifetimes before working out my dodgy spelling4Reply
__g_be replylemmy.worldNine lifetimes? Must be a cat Might take that long for a cat to learn to write1Reply
ordnance_qf_17_pounder replyreddthat.com4Hide 4 repliesSussex, Essex, and Middlesex all have the sex word in them which makes 21st century people giggle36Reply
PPipster replylemmy.blahaj.zoneMade worse if you know the traditional divisions of Sussex that predate the Norman Conquest.2Reply
Skullgrid replylemmy.worldsussex and other places like essex and middlesex have some suffix that signifies "town" or something, presumably in anglo-saxon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYNzqgU7na4 The name Essex originates in the Anglo-Saxon period of the Early Middle Ages and has its root in the Anglo-Saxon (Old English) name Ēastseaxe ('East Saxons'), the eastern kingdom of the Saxons who had come from the continent and settled in Britain. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essex9Reply
LLittle_Urban_Achiever piefed.socialReally it's Wessex that's been done dirty here isn't it? A whole kingdom, to nothing.2Reply
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I just want to know what happened to Norsex.
No Saxons in the north - Northumbria - north of the Humber - inhabited by Danes, celts, Picts, general naredowells, chancers and rakes etc
Dude it took me 9 lifespans to finally realize that's "ne'er-do-wells"
That sounds interesting where did you go in your nine lifetimes before working out my dodgy spelling
Sounds like they got caught in Limbo
Nine lifetimes? Must be a cat
Might take that long for a cat to learn to write
NorseX sounds like a Nordic Musk project
Sounds like the dog whistle turning into a bullhorn to me
Explanation?
Sussex, Essex, and Middlesex all have the sex word in them which makes 21st century people giggle
Sus sex (insert amogus)
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Made worse if you know the traditional divisions of Sussex that predate the Norman Conquest.
sussex and other places like essex and middlesex have some suffix that signifies "town" or something, presumably in anglo-saxon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYNzqgU7na4
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essex
Sussex is my favorite kind of sex.
Really it's Wessex that's been done dirty here isn't it? A whole kingdom, to nothing.
And now we all know.