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To: aristeides
Normans were from Normandy,France and not Norway.
Al-Queda should be mad at France not Norway.
41 posted on 05/21/2003 1:10:34 PM PDT by Chewbacca (My life is a Dilbert cartoon.)
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To: Chewbacca
Normans were from Normandy,France and not Norway. Al-Queda should be mad at France not Norway.

True, but only part of the truth. The Normans (North Men) were in that part of France because in earlier generations Vikings (Norsemen = North men) had conquered it.

Thus, you later have a french colony in North America named Quebec, which can be traced to the Norse word for River (After the St. Lawrence River).

46 posted on 05/21/2003 1:22:04 PM PDT by MalcolmS (Do Not Remove This Tagline Under Penalty Of Law!)
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To: Chewbacca
Normans were from Normandy,France and not Norway. Al-Queda should be mad at France not Norway.

Yes, but keep in mind that Normandy was named for the Norsemen from Norway who settled there over 1,000 years ago. And that in 1066 the Normans also took over in England, and their descendants comprise much of the aristocracy of Great Britain. Add to that the fact that settlers from Great Britain colonized the part of North America that later became the United States, and you've got the top two nations of the coalition of the willing tied up in it.

Just an anti-western conspiracy, that's all. The US and UK are the primary infidels, but Norway started it all.

51 posted on 05/21/2003 1:36:08 PM PDT by Garth Rockett (I've led some raids down in Africa)
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To: Chewbacca
"Normans were from Normandy,France and not Norway.
Al-Queda should be mad at France not Norway. "


Normandy, Norway. Close enough.
68 posted on 05/21/2003 6:51:00 PM PDT by nosofar
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