Morten Albrigtsen said the following on 14/12/2005 16:26:
>>I'm clueless... but to be nice, I'll just explain that Marignan was a >>big battle between Francois 1er, king of France, and the Swiss troops. >>France won, and for some reason this battle that didn't have that much >>strategic importance has become the one and only event of French >>history that just every person in France knows and can tell the year, >>from the younger schoolchild to the oldest person. Do the test: if you >>ever go to France, say "Marignan" to the first French citizen you >>meet: if he/she doesn't respond "1515" immediately, I owe you a bottle >>of French wine :-) (alternate test: shout "1515" and you'll get >>"Marignan" replied to you) >> >> >> In the UK, say "1066" and everyone knows the Battle of Hastings. Though I forget what the battle was over... I guess every 'nation' has it's battles that are remembered because the 'nation' won. Hopefully, we'll never see another battle in Europe/Rest of World. Guess that's just hope though :-( _______________________________________________ tsl-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.trustix.org/mailman/listinfo/tsl-discuss
