Re: In defence of Monarchy

In a message dated 99-02-12 14:27:58 EST, you write:

<< > 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
... >>
I did not know that, interesting.
-Stephen