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England Verstegan quaintly says that Egbert was "chiefly moved" to call his kingdom England "in
respect of Pope Gregory's changing the name of Engelisce into Angellyke. " And this "may have
moved our kings upon their best gold coins to set the image of an angel." (Restitution of Decayed Intelligence in Antiquities concerning ... the English Nation, p. 147.)
The Angles migrated from the east of the Elbe to Schleswig (between the Jutes and the Saxons).
They passed over in great numbers to Britain during the 5th century, and in time established the
kingdoms of the heptarchy.
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"Starlings were very much hated in those days for driving away more desirable songbirds," says dr. bill. Starlings were very much hated in the dorm I inhabited as a college freshman. Starlings massed in the ivy covering the building's walls, and their continuous cawing racket went on for hours, deep into the night, loud enough to prevent sleep. Worse than a neighbor with a loud stereo. Abominable birds. The problem has since been solved in the only way found feasible: the ivy has been removed.   This was at Yale. Did you Hahvahdites have the same experience 'midst your ivy-covered walls, dr. bill?
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Keiva: Now matter how you post, you cannot cnange the fact that you used extortion to obtain re-instatement after being banned for starting a flamewarand refusing to stop adding fuel to it. You are contemptible. See what Anu Garg had to say…. http://wordsmith.org/board/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=announcements&Number=72021
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Keiva: You are absolutely indecent in you forcing your unwelcome presence on us.
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Helen of Troy wrote:
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hardly anyone comes to a bulletin board with out reading a few posts.. and there have been many expressing our desire for keiva to leave, and why. and yesterday, the same comment was post 3 times in your kill two bird with one stone thread.. so why you are playing dumb ?
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Holy moly guys and gals, I had no idea what a rats'-nest I was wading into. The "hardly anyone" you refer to is me. I fired in a post in hope of enlightenment, and got it: "grow two trees from one seed" now replaces "kill two birds with on stone" in my usage.
Thanks to all who helped. I'm outta here now, and will leave you all to your pleasant squabbles, which I don't understand and don't want to.
Cheers, Ch.S.
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