You forgot the Vikings and Romans! On 6 November 2012 17:54, Ricardo Aráoz <ricar...@gmail.com> wrote:
> LOL > > Normans are from Normandie, north of France. They probably came from > Scandinavia in prior ages, but they also probably came from Africa before > that, as we all do. So we are either all Africans or we stop the buck > wherever it is convenient to our point. In this case, Normandie is part of > France and that is where I choose to stop digging. > > Let's take for example well known King Richard LionHeart, his family was > Plantagenet, a french name. Plantagenet comes from planta genista, latin > for yellow broom flower, which the counts of *Anjou* wore as an emblem on > their helmets. The origins of the Plantagenet come from the Angevins (but > the same dynasty). The first Plantagenet King was Henry II who owned vast > lands in Anjou near Tours (which I think lies in..... France). The third > part of the Plantagenet dynasty are the houses of Lancaster and York. > Of course, later came the Tudors from Wales, the Stuarts from Scotland, > the house of Hanover from Germany and finally the Saxe-Coburg-Gotha also > from Germany (who changed their name to Windsor so the Brits wouldn't know > who was really shafting them). > So you see, the English have been owned by the French, the Welsh, the > Scotts and the Germans. > > > El 06/11/12 14:10, Paul Hill escribió: > >> But the Normans were not French. Norman means 'North Men' - men from >> Scandinavia. >> >> On 6 November 2012 16:07, Ricardo Aráoz <ricar...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> LOL >>> You obviously never attended public school. >>> Saxons were from Germany. But then the Normans and Bretons (hence >>> Britain) >>> invaded and conquered them (does Hastings ring a bell?), and they came >>> from... France! >>> >>> >>> El 06/11/12 12:59, Adam Buckland escribió: >>> >>> You peasant, we are from Germany not France. We stopped breeding with >>> >>>> the French when we realised they didn't >>>> >>>> >>>> Wash? >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> >>> From: ProFox [mailto:profox-bounces@leafe.****com< >>>> profox-boun...@leafe.com>**] >>>> >>>> On Behalf Of Ricardo Aráoz >>>> Sent: 06 November 2012 15:54 >>>> To: ProFox Email List >>>> Subject: Re: [OT] French socialists veer a little to capitalism >>>> >>>> El 06/11/12 12:33, Jean MAURICE escribió: >>>> >>>> Hey ! >>>>> >>>>> Among you, who knows where is France ? Who cares of it ?? >>>>> >>>>> Jean-Marie, you must not answer ;-) >>>>> >>>>> The Foxil >>>>> >>>>> Let's see... the Brits will answer that's where all their kings and >>>> nobility (i.e. their ruling class) come from. >>>> Yanks should first have the concept of geography explained to them.... >>>> and then they won't care. >>>> Rest of the world... of course! >>>> >>>> >>>> > > > --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- > multipart/alternative > text/plain (text body -- kept) > text/html > --- > > > ______________________________**_________________ > Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com > Subscription Maintenance: > http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/**listinfo/profox<http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox> > OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/** > listinfo/profoxtech <http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech> > Searchable Archive: > http://leafe.com/archives/**search/profox<http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox> > This message: http://leafe.com/archives/**byMID/profox/50994ED8.3060109@** > gmail.com<http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/50994ed8.3060...@gmail.com> > > ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of > the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement > is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the > obvious. > -- Paul --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/cadwx0+lgk-rovdr6ru4lecddvzomewvun-nrba2ar1bdcjh...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
