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Post by thomas on May 6, 2023 19:03:37 GMT
Armorica became little britian because of all the british who fled england due to the invading anglo saxons.......
I didn't know that. Every day's a school day. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armoricathe english author and celtic historian peter beresford ellis does a good section on brittany (breizh) and its history in his book "the celtic revolution" , from the king nominoe crushing the invading franks , in the ninth century , to the wars with france and their alliance with england in the medieval period .
Did i not read somewhere there is supposed to be a street in london called little britian which was allegedly where the old breton embassy was centuries ago?
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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2023 19:05:51 GMT
Is this you being philosophical? i would never be philosophical with you b4 , as i always thought it would be a bit deep for your limited understanding. Yes, I can see that by the postbox vandalism story. Maybe you can do a shit in it. |
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Post by Montegriffo on May 6, 2023 19:06:21 GMT
I didn't know that. Every day's a school day. we have a lot of good friends who live in the area. some of them are even breton speakers. The welsh part of France my french mate calls it.
apparently a lot of them collaborated with the germans to kick the french out during the second world war. I think bombs have went off during the eighties in support of breton autonomy from France. Similar to but not in the same league as the irish republicans or ETA in the basque country.
They call their gut rot moonshine ''the water of life'' too, Eau de vie. |
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Post by thomas on May 6, 2023 19:07:41 GMT
we have a lot of good friends who live in the area. some of them are even breton speakers. The welsh part of France my french mate calls it.
apparently a lot of them collaborated with the germans to kick the french out during the second world war. I think bombs have went off during the eighties in support of breton autonomy from France. Similar to but not in the same league as the irish republicans or ETA in the basque country.
I always assumed the Celtic language flowed from Brittany to Cornwall much earlier rather than the other way around more recently. i think the breton language is a mix of the original french language , celtic gaulish , and then centuries later it was then reinforced by ancient british speakers fleeing the english invaders from these islands .Today its heavily influenced by french in the way irish scottish and welsh is by english.
Ive also read there was a lot of interaction between the celts of cornwall and brittany for centuries .
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Post by thomas on May 6, 2023 19:09:26 GMT
we have a lot of good friends who live in the area. some of them are even breton speakers. The welsh part of France my french mate calls it.
apparently a lot of them collaborated with the germans to kick the french out during the second world war. I think bombs have went off during the eighties in support of breton autonomy from France. Similar to but not in the same league as the irish republicans or ETA in the basque country.
They call their gut rot moonshine ''the water of life'' too, Eau de vie. could that be the celtic connection i was talking about earlier ,( ancient celts making whiskey and distilling) or are they just good consumers of scottish fine single malts and like you in england , wish to imitate our superior culture?  |
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Post by Montegriffo on May 6, 2023 19:21:26 GMT
They call their gut rot moonshine ''the water of life'' too, Eau de vie. could that be the celtic connection i was talking about earlier ,( ancient celts making whiskey and distilling) or are they just good consumers of scottish fine single malts and like you in england , wish to imitate our superior culture? All I know is that it is undrinkable. Many years ago I spent some time in Brittany with an English friend who I was helping to move his possessions back to England. Certain French apple farmers are allowed to distil their cider into Eau de Vie through rights passed down the family line (so long as they don't sell it). I tried it neat which was how I imagine drinking a blend of bleach and battery acid would taste. The neighbouring farmer friend who had brought a bottle round to share, after much merriment at my facial expressions, suggested I try it as they give it to their children (diluted with water and with a spoonful of sugar) which was still completely undrinkable. |
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Post by thomas on May 6, 2023 19:29:04 GMT
could that be the celtic connection i was talking about earlier ,( ancient celts making whiskey and distilling) or are they just good consumers of scottish fine single malts and like you in england , wish to imitate our superior culture? All I know is that it is undrinkable. Many years ago I spent some time in Brittany with an English friend who I was helping to move his possessions back to England. Certain French apple farmers are allowed to distil their cider into Eau de Vie through rights passed down the family line (so long as they don't sell it). I tried it neat which was how I imagine drinking a blend of bleach and battery acid would taste. The neighbouring farmer friend who had brought a bottle round to share, after much merriment at my facial expressions, suggested I try it as they give it to their children (diluted with water and with a spoonful of sugar) which was still completely undrinkable. are you talking about calvados? I thought that was from normandy? Ive tried the breton crepes and cider which was nice.
Scotland has two thirds of the uk EEZ , and lands two thirds of the uk fish , of which much of it goes to France. So they toast us for our fine single malts , and fresh fish , while we toast the king over the water for fine french wines that grace the scottish dinner tables. 
I tell you monte i feel sorry for the everyday barbarity the average englishman has to endure .
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Post by Montegriffo on May 6, 2023 19:42:21 GMT
All I know is that it is undrinkable. Many years ago I spent some time in Brittany with an English friend who I was helping to move his possessions back to England. Certain French apple farmers are allowed to distil their cider into Eau de Vie through rights passed down the family line (so long as they don't sell it). I tried it neat which was how I imagine drinking a blend of bleach and battery acid would taste. The neighbouring farmer friend who had brought a bottle round to share, after much merriment at my facial expressions, suggested I try it as they give it to their children (diluted with water and with a spoonful of sugar) which was still completely undrinkable. are you talking about calvados? I thought that was from normandy? Ive tried the breton crepes and cider which was nice.
Scotland has two thirds of the uk EEZ , and lands two thirds of the uk fish , of which much of it goes to France. So they toast us for our fine single malts , and fresh fish , while we toast the king over the water for fine french wines that grace the scottish dinner tables.
I tell you monte i feel sorry for the everyday barbarity the average englishman has to endure .
No Calvados is far more refined and is as you say from Normandy. The eau die vie in Brittany that I tried was moonshine. There was me thinking that Glasgow cuisine consisted of Special Brew and heroin, deep fried heroin if you can get it (line courtesy of Frankie Boyle). |
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Post by thomas on May 6, 2023 19:47:59 GMT
are you talking about calvados? I thought that was from normandy? Ive tried the breton crepes and cider which was nice.
Scotland has two thirds of the uk EEZ , and lands two thirds of the uk fish , of which much of it goes to France. So they toast us for our fine single malts , and fresh fish , while we toast the king over the water for fine french wines that grace the scottish dinner tables.
I tell you monte i feel sorry for the everyday barbarity the average englishman has to endure .
There was me thinking that Glasgow cuisine consisted of Special Brew and heroin, deep fried heroin if you can get it (line courtesy of Frankie Boyle). monte , i did the tennents brewery tour the other week , and talking of special brew have you heard of tennents super lager? In the lower echelons of glaswegian high society , super lager is synonymous with jaikeys ( down and outs alcoholics).
Imagine my suprise when we were told the italians , with their fine wine and cuisine are tennets biggest customer for super lager ? I tell you monte , we scots will keep the uk economy turning. We could sell sand to the arabs.
We also recently did a scientific study on glaswegian men , and we discovered that drinking alcohol makes them exhibit female traits.The subjects were given 8 pints each and all began talking cac, gained weight and lost all ability to control a vehicle.
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Post by Montegriffo on May 6, 2023 19:52:59 GMT
There was me thinking that Glasgow cuisine consisted of Special Brew and heroin, deep fried heroin if you can get it (line courtesy of Frankie Boyle). monte , i did the tennents brewery tour the other week , and talking of special brew have you heard of tennents super lager? In the lower echelons of glaswegian high society , super lager is synonymous with jaikeys ( down and outs acloholics).
Imagine my suprise when we were told the italians , with their fine wine and cuisine are tennets biggest customer for super lager ? I tell you monte , we scots will keep the uk economy turning. We could sell sand to the arabs.
We also recently did a scientific study on glaswegian men , and we discovered that drinking alcohol makes them exhibit female traits.The subjects were given 8 pints each and all began talking cac, gained weight and lost all ability to control a vehicle.
 Point of order. Many Arab nations do indeed import sand since theirs is too fine for use in construction. I've yet to hear of anyone selling snow to the Eskimos though. |
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Post by thomas on May 6, 2023 19:56:57 GMT
monte , i did the tennents brewery tour the other week , and talking of special brew have you heard of tennents super lager? In the lower echelons of glaswegian high society , super lager is synonymous with jaikeys ( down and outs acloholics).
Imagine my suprise when we were told the italians , with their fine wine and cuisine are tennets biggest customer for super lager ? I tell you monte , we scots will keep the uk economy turning. We could sell sand to the arabs.
We also recently did a scientific study on glaswegian men , and we discovered that drinking alcohol makes them exhibit female traits.The subjects were given 8 pints each and all began talking cac, gained weight and lost all ability to control a vehicle.
Point of order. Many Arab nations do indeed import sand since theirs is too fine for use in construction. I've yet to hear of anyone selling snow to the Eskimos though. i tell you monte scotland really does lead the export market and keep the uk economy turning dont we?
Tennents are doing thirty million a week in beer sales alone , and keeping the citizens of rome in a state of perpetual happiness and addiction to super lager . Its like drinking fucking molten metal.
anyway , Two dyslexics in a car
One says ' Can you smell petrol ?'
The other replies
'feck off, I cant even smell my own name'
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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2023 19:59:04 GMT
monte , i did the tennents brewery tour the other week , and talking of special brew have you heard of tennents super lager? In the lower echelons of glaswegian high society , super lager is synonymous with jaikeys ( down and outs acloholics).
Imagine my suprise when we were told the italians , with their fine wine and cuisine are tennets biggest customer for super lager ? I tell you monte , we scots will keep the uk economy turning. We could sell sand to the arabs.
We also recently did a scientific study on glaswegian men , and we discovered that drinking alcohol makes them exhibit female traits.The subjects were given 8 pints each and all began talking cac, gained weight and lost all ability to control a vehicle.
Point of order. Many Arab nations do indeed import sand since theirs is too fine for use in construction. I've yet to hear of anyone selling snow to the Eskimos though. Desert sand doesn't bind well (too rounded), so is practically useless. Good quality sand is stripped from seabeds and beaches and sold by the lorry loads. I imagine the good shit is becoming an expensive commodity, especially with these growing demands for silicon wafers. |
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Post by om15 on May 6, 2023 20:25:25 GMT
At one time Tennents lager was brewed in Burton on Trent and roaded up to Aloa by tanker.
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Post by borchester on May 6, 2023 20:39:59 GMT
om. om. om.
The scene at Princes Street garden Edinburgh for the coronation
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Ere, Edinburgh is not in Wales Tommy.
A good lad our Tommo, but when the SNP took over the Scottish education system, they really fucked up the geography lessons
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Post by thomas on May 7, 2023 10:04:59 GMT
om. om. om.
The scene at Princes Street garden Edinburgh for the coronation
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Ere, Edinburgh is not in Wales Tommy.
A good lad our Tommo, but when the SNP took over the Scottish education system, they really fucked up the geography lessons
I know borkie , but dinas eidyn is of course an old "welsh " speaking town , and the oldest literature in the welsh language comes from south east scotland .
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