Re: In defence of Monarchy

On Wed, 10 Feb 1999 DracSpy@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 99-02-09 15:50:50 EST, you write:
> 
> << Minor error - it's the _Anglian Confederation_. Not that
Church...and no,
>  I don't know what 'Anglian' means... >>
>
> I *think* that it means someone of European desent.

the angles were a tribe of britons living in eastern england years back
when the romans invaded. since the romans landed in eastern england, the
first locals they encountered where the angles, and so they used the
name
to refer to all britons. it is from this name that the words "england"
(ie, "angle land") and english come.

the name survives in that the counties of essex, norfolk, bedfordshire,
cambridgeshire, hertfordshire and suffolk (iirc) are collectively known
as
"east anglia". there isn't as far as i know, a west anglia. it is
generally very flat and has lots of arable farming. constable painted
his
classic english rural scenes there (near dedham, not far from where i
live, i think). it is very clasically english looking in many ways.

ee, gzg-l is an education in itself.

Tom
who thinks that the idea of an East Anglian Confederation might be fun
...