Skeletons in the closet

[The_Spartan]

Ha! An Abe The Crow Vs. Piney of the First Nations fight.
May the best man win.
Meanwhile, let me sell the tickets to the fight.

[Piney]

21 minutes ago, The_Spartan said:

Ha! An Abe The Crow Vs. Piney of the First Nations fight.
May the best man win.
Meanwhile, let me sell the tickets to the fight.

 Prick. 

[Abramelin]

1 hour ago, The_Spartan said:

Ha! An Abe The Crow Vs. Piney of the First Nations fight.
May the best man win.
Meanwhile, let me sell the tickets to the fight.

I can't speak for Piney, but I like our discussions.

Maybe we pjss eachother off a couple of times, but we'll survive.

[The Puzzler]

No, I haven’t read the whole thread but I’ll tell you the answer.

Because it’s a mush mash of languages corrupted from early Brittonic into Romance language, Saxon, French Norman, French, a smattering of German and voila, the English language. 

Not to mention a thousand or more years of hardly no one being able to read, write or arithmetic in Britain, a Dark Age, where only clerics were able to keep some sort of English history. People just spelt their name however it sounded, in Norman for the Domesday Book or whatever else as time went on.

My name is Barklay, it comes from the Normans, per French, de Berchelai, apparently a Robert, of the Birch meadow, who moved to Scotland, No one barely had names, so it went into a poor English/Scottish form…a concept translation, like all words in whatever language….bark, birch, lay, lea, meadow…The most common form is Berkeley, but Barklay is the same. Most people of this name spell it Barclay, but my name is Barklay, with a K.

Ask Baldriic from Blackadder to spell his name.

[The Puzzler]

The birch, the letter B in the runes. Beork. However because I wish to refrain from Lego speech I probably won’t comment again here, I’ll read from the start if I do.

[The Puzzler]

On 5/10/2023 at 12:43 AM, The_Spartan said:

Ha! An Abe The Crow Vs. Piney of the First Nations fight.
May the best man win.
Meanwhile, let me sell the tickets to the fight.

 

[Abramelin]

18 hours ago, The Puzzler said:

 

 

[Piney]

19 hours ago, The Puzzler said:

No, I haven’t read the whole thread but I’ll tell you the answer.

Because it’s a mush mash of languages corrupted from early Brittonic into Romance language, Saxon, French Norman, French, a smattering of German and voila, the English language. 

Not to mention a thousand or more years of hardly no one being able to read, write or arithmetic in Britain, a Dark Age, where only clerics were able to keep some sort of English history. People just spelt their name however it sounded, in Norman for the Domesday Book or whatever else as time went on.

My name is Barklay, it comes from the Normans, per French, de Berchelai, apparently a Robert, of the Birch meadow, who moved to Scotland, No one barely had names, so it went into a poor English/Scottish form…a concept translation, like all words in whatever language….bark, birch, lay, lea, meadow…The most common form is Berkeley, but Barklay is the same. Most people of this name spell it Barclay, but my name is Barklay, with a K.

Ask Baldriic from Blackadder to spell his name.

Ackley- Oak meadow, Ashley- Ash meadow, Barclay-Birch meadow.

I worked for a sawmill owner whose name was Ackley and was proud of his Anglo-Scottish Presbyterian heritage and his ancestor helped found the Deerfield Presbyterian Church along with one of my Mulatto ancestors Anthony Pierce whose descendants founded Goultown which was a Free Colored/ remnant Indian community. 

[The Puzzler]

I’d think our town of Goulburn was same as Goultown or of some such variant.

[Abramelin]

On 5/27/2023 at 3:54 PM, The Puzzler said:

The birch, the letter B in the runes. Beork. However because I wish to refrain from Lego speech I probably won’t comment again here, I’ll read from the start if I do.

It's about borrowed words, ablaut and syntax.

On 5/27/2023 at 3:41 PM, The Puzzler said:

No, I haven’t read the whole thread but I’ll tell you the answer.

Because it’s a mush mash of languages corrupted from early Brittonic into Romance language, Saxon, French Norman, French, a smattering of German and voila, the English language. 

And 'something' that came before all that.

[Abramelin]

On 5/27/2023 at 3:41 PM, The Puzzler said:

No, I haven’t read the whole thread

Maybe you should.

[Frank_Hoenedge]

My DNA test results came back.

 

1% Basque 

[Tom1200]

17 minutes ago, Frank_Hoenedge said:

My DNA test results came back.

1% Basque 

In this day and age scientific facts aren't important.  It's how you feel about yourself that matters.  If you want to identify as Basque - go ahead and do so.  Or Viking, Fulani, Bidjigal or Yanomami.  Who are we to say: hang on a minute?

But if you claim to be Irish - that's a different matter.  There are tests of Irishness before you can be accepted. (@Pineyhas failed a dozen times, but bless him! he keeps trying.)  A typical question is:

Place these pursuits in order of importance to a true Irishman:

• Huntin'
• Fishin'
• Gamblin'
• Drinkin'
• Fightin'
• Religion
• The fairer sex
• Cabbage and bacon

(There is only one correct answer.  Piney keeps rating sex far, far too high.)

[Piney]

3 minutes ago, Tom1200 said:

In this day and age scientific facts aren't important.  It's how you feel about yourself that matters.  If you want to identify as Basque - go ahead and do so.  Or Viking, Fulani, Bidjigal or Yanomami.  Who are we to say: hang on a minute?

But if you claim to be Irish - that's a different matter.  There are tests of Irishness before you can be accepted. (@Pineyhas failed a dozen times, but bless him! he keeps trying.)  A typical question is:

Place these pursuits in order of importance to a true Irishman:

• Huntin'
• Fishin'
• Gamblin'
• Drinkin'
• Fightin'
• Religion
• The fairer sex
• Cabbage and bacon

(There is only one correct answer.  Piney keeps rating sex far, far too high.)

Oh Lord! 

And you can keep your bloody booze and cabbage! 

[Antigonos]

10 minutes ago, Tom1200 said:

In this day and age scientific facts aren't important.  It's how you feel about yourself that matters.  If you want to identify as Basque - go ahead and do so.  Or Viking, Fulani, Bidjigal or Yanomami.  Who are we to say: hang on a minute?

But if you claim to be Irish - that's a different matter.  There are tests of Irishness before you can be accepted. (@Pineyhas failed a dozen times, but bless him! he keeps trying.)  A typical question is:

Place these pursuits in order of importance to a true Irishman:

• Huntin'
• Fishin'
• Gamblin'
• Drinkin'
• Fightin'
• Religion
• The fairer sex
• Cabbage and bacon

(There is only one correct answer.  Piney keeps rating sex far, far too high.)

If there’s one thing that I can appreciate, it’s a man who’s proud of his heritage.

Having said that, as much as I’m a fan of Irish history and culture, I couldn’t claim to be Irish myself with 1,3 and 6 ruling me out. Could probably get used to the cabbage and bacon however. With lots of Guinness to go with it.

[Piney]

40 minutes ago, Antigonos said:

If there’s one thing that I can appreciate, it’s a man who’s proud of his heritage.

Having said that, as much as I’m a fan of Irish history and culture, I couldn’t claim to be Irish myself with 1,3 and 6 ruling me out. Could probably get used to the cabbage and bacon however. With lots of Guinness to go with it.

There's not a drop of Irish blood in my body........that I know of. 

[Thanos5150]

2 hours ago, Frank_Hoenedge said:

My DNA test results came back.

1% Basque 

You are more Neanderthal than Basque. 

[Frank_Hoenedge]

34 minutes ago, Thanos5150 said:

You are more Neanderthal than Basque. 

There’s that, there’s also a distinct absence of similarities with cultures outside of Europe which intrigues me some. 
 

From Africa to ‘Fully mutated Africa out’ was too much for my brain.

 

Angles and Jutes, Angles and Jutes.