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when the Romans first came to Britain they saw these fair haired people
Close, but no seegar. The story was about some Pope who, upon receiving moral support or some such things said, of the Angles, "Not Angles, but angels." Works perfectly good in Latin, too, maybe even better than in English. I could look it up if someone who knows more doesn't beat me to it.
Otherwise, you've got it right, dxb.
Edit:
It was Pope Gregory, and it was in response to seeing some Angles for sale in a slave market. According to this site http://sspx.ca/Angelus/2000_December/St_Augustine_of_Canterbury.htm he wasn't Pope yet. The Latin is : Non Angli, sed angeli. I'm assuming the G was still hard in angeli.
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Yet another et (ymology) Jackie 09/25/03 02:12 AM Re: Yet another et (ymology) sjmaxq 09/25/03 02:26 AM Re: Yet another et (ymology) dxb 09/25/03 07:16 AM Re: Yet another et (ymology) sjmaxq 09/25/03 07:58 AM Re: Yet another et (ymology) Faldage 09/25/03 12:54 PM Re: Yet another et (ymology) dxb 09/25/03 02:39 PM Non angli sed angeli Bingley 09/26/03 01:38 AM Re: Non angli sed angeli Jackie 09/26/03 01:45 AM Re: Non angli sed angeli dxb 09/26/03 06:39 AM Re: Non angli sed angeli Faldage 09/26/03 10:34 AM Re: The muffin issue vanguard 09/29/03 03:59 PM Re: Yet another et (ymology) WhitmanO'Neill 09/25/03 02:25 PM Re: Yet another et (ymology) dxb 09/25/03 02:50 PM Re: Yet another et (ymology) of troy 09/25/03 04:59 PM Re: Yet another et (ymology) dxb 09/26/03 07:08 AM
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