"They gottit from the Celts and all that lot. They had called the place
'Londo'.
Londo = 'wild' or 'bold' which could have been a personal name or the name
of the local tribe."
Thanking you kindly for this info.
Also intrigued that Robert knew the Welsh for London (it's quite close
to the original name, whatever language that came from).
Why shouldn't eye know what me home-city is in Cymraeg (seeing as my
nom-de-plume is(ish))? Tho' I can't remember exactly from where I
discovered it. London comes
Bill (of mixed origin) wrote :
Celts - who in turn wondered over here from what is now Europe, and may
have originated as far off as India, now the Picts on the other hand
Yes Bill, what about us ? :o)
Norman.
PS. Beware of men in 'skirts' carrying a QL ..
My reply of a few minutes ago to the Geoff Wicks letter was
supposed to go a
couple of miles up the valley to Darren Branagh, not all over the
place to
you lot!
Sorry about that,
Why? I enjoyed it! I'm an Englishman from Llundain.
Technically speaking, TRUE English people (ie more
Bill (of mixed origin) wrote :
Celts - who in turn wondered over here from what is now Europe,
and may
have originated as far off as India, now the Picts on the other
hand
Yes Bill, what about us ? :o)
Norman.
PS. Beware of men in 'skirts' carrying a QL ..
Dilwyn Jones wrote :-
I presume that the typical Brit becoming black and Irish accented
implies people like Darren Branagh (who was born in Northern Ireland
and so almost British) with a QL plugged into his brain???
Sounds fine to me. I'm somewhat of a "Heinz 57" myself, Born in Northern
My reply of a few minutes ago to the Geoff Wicks letter was supposed to go a
couple of miles up the valley to Darren Branagh, not all over the place to
you lot!
Sorry about that,
Why? I enjoyed it! I'm an Englishman from Llundain.
Technically speaking, TRUE English people (ie more
Robert Newson wrote:
My reply of a few minutes ago to the Geoff Wicks letter was supposed to go a
couple of miles up the valley to Darren Branagh, not all over the place to
you lot!
Sorry about that,
Why? I enjoyed it! I'm an Englishman from Llundain.
Technically speaking, TRUE
