corona-and-limespeech-l

      • pooh [she/her, any]
        link
        fedilink
        English
        627 days ago

        Well, I mean, the modern English are sort of descended from Vikings (Anglo-Saxons). Scots and Irish are still mostly Celtic though (I think) and those places are way cooler, so not sure this argument holds

        • @pseudo
          link
          English
          527 days ago

          Not an expert but from the name, I would imagine they descend from the Angles (Engles?) and the Saxes not from the Vikings.

          • pooh [she/her, any]
            link
            fedilink
            English
            427 days ago

            Yeah, for some reason I was thinking Angles and Saxons were considered Vikings but I was totally wrong on that. You are correct.

            • ProfessorOwl_PhD [any]
              link
              fedilink
              English
              226 days ago

              Northeast England and the east coast of Scotland have a fair amount of viking ancestry about from all the raiding, so it’s not completely baseless.

        • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
          link
          fedilink
          English
          427 days ago

          Descended from is not the same as being. An Italian American is not an Italian is not a Roman even if you can trace descent.