[Rightwing Conspiratr1]

The researchers concluded the most likely explanation for this was a large-scale Anglo-Saxon invasion, which devastated the Celtic population of England, but did not reach Wales.

I guess I'm stupid. I thought this was the way it worked all along. I didn't realize it was a controversy.

Me too. And what they were describing as the old theory of a small class of ruling elites is what I thought the Norman conquest was all about.

[dr_who]

The researchers concluded the most likely explanation for this was a large-scale Anglo-Saxon invasion...

Probably lead by the legendary King Ike Eisenhower...

[muawiyah]

The Norse invaders of what became Normandy were not all that numerous. The basic Celtic population remained in place. We can be sure of that because they held on to their Gallo language! When a population is displaced, the newcomers do not adopt the old language.

When it came time to invade what had become England, William took with him an army composed mostly of men from the Norman and Bretagne coasts, and down to Anjou. That is, his army was made up of folks who were primarily descendants of the old Briton refugees who came to Brezh in the 6th century. His very first "Norman" town was called Vauxhal, which is simply the way a French speaker (William) would spell the Gallo name of the county seat of Normandy at the time, which is, itself, a short form for "Carvajal".

This is undoubtedly the source of the Briton input among the Danish and Dutch populations that nowadays dominate so much of the life of the British Isles.

No doubt the Anglo-Saxon heathens put as many Britons to the sword and spit as they could. We should all be happy William put a stop to that nonsense.

[stands2reason]

In our language you'll find the truth. Almost no words from the Celts--our most basic words like one, father, head, water, and land are all Germanic.