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To: BillyBoy
The name "Old English", used to refer to the language of England prior to the Norman invasion of 1066, is an ultra-modern creation. In the past the language of Beowulf was not called "Old English", but Saxon.

Places such as Essex, Wessex, and Sussex all share this root. Essex = East Saxony, Wessex = West Saxony, and Sussex = South Saxony.
52 posted on 04/07/2003 12:23:21 PM PDT by jae471
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To make it simple for the Hitler Youth of Germany and France.

Verpisst Dich!

How's that instead of saying "go jump in the river".
56 posted on 04/07/2003 12:28:18 PM PDT by xusafflyer
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