Hey Graham, you've given me some support, letting me know there are fine Americans like you. But if you ever want to sit around the fire under the stars, smoke a doob and shoot the shit, I'm there, eh.
The Anglo-Saxons spoke the Anglo-Frisian language, that's why it's called ANGLO-frisian. Originally the ancestors of English and Frisian people were one and the same. Modern Frisians diverged from modern English with time and separation. Before English, the predominant language of England and Wales was Briton, a Celtic language and ancestor of modern Welsh, Cornish and Breton. This is the language that the historic king Arthur would have spoken, if he ever actually existed. There was also the Pictish language in the North and parts of southern Scotland, of the same family. Before that was probably a pre-Indo-European language in the British Isles that was lost when the Celts arrived from continental Europe, but at that point it's far more archeology than history, and we know extremely little about such a people, if they even existed at all, because the evidence is that scant. Latin would have been used during the Roman occupation, including by members of the Celtic tribes that were educated in Roman ways, for example Boudica probably spoke at least a little Latin because the Iceni had a lot of trade and contact with the Romans. But it would not have been the language of the common people. Outside the Roman cities and towns, the Brits were still speaking Briton, and that was the language that prevailed when they left.
Weird bumper sticker of the week: Jesus Crush my Balls. Saw it about two hours ago and am still trying to figure it out. Is it a command? A metaphor? Some other Jesus besides the obvious one?
“If a man’s testicles are crushed or his penis is cut off, he may not be admitted to the assembly of the LORD." Deuteronomy 23:1 So ... I'm thinking it was anti-religion?
True story. When my husband was still getting around, he'd be out in his metal-working shop. He used to invent things and build them. One of his inventions was the "Scrotum-matic." It was a scale that you could rest your scrotum on to see how much it sagged as you got older.
Well, it definitely ain't pro! That's awesome. My wife and I are racing in that department. Boobs vs balls!
Maybe the bumper sticker used the Spanish version (i.e. "Jesús" - note the accent on the 'u')? That's quite a common name in Mexico, so I'm told. I think that stricture was relaxed a bit in recent years. I haven't seen any bouncers outside churches, asking men to look at their junk. Maybe I've only seen the boring churches, I don't know. (And no, I'm not going to ask what kind of church would post a bouncer outside to verify men's junk).
