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To: Norm Lenhart
“Lenhart” is an alternate spelling of “Lionhart” as in “Richard The..”. So My blood is a bit blue.

You sure about that? Because Richard's family name was Plantagenet, not Lionheart or Lionhearted. "Lion-Heart" was only his nickname, similar to Peter The Great, or Erik The Red, or Pedro The Cruel, or Ivan The Terrible, or Edward Longshanks, or Louis The Fat, or Obama The Foolhead/Dunderhead/Doganhead etc etc. In addition, he never spoke English, so his nickname was "Couer de Lion" == Heart of the Lion. In later times, as the French language waned in England, it would be anglicized to "Lionheart." (And no, Ethelred was not "Unready". Just terminally stupid is all.)

158 posted on 12/10/2012 4:45:11 PM PST by CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC (If my kids make a mistake in the voting booth, I don't want them punished with a community organizer)
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To: CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC

It was a joke. I thought that much was obvious by the tone of the post.


161 posted on 12/10/2012 7:23:32 PM PST by Norm Lenhart
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