But.... brown isn't a French word...?
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No, quite. And even if it is derived from a French word, that doesn't make the surname itself of French origin.
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This one can rap!
Don't you English all have a little French in you? You know the Anglo-Saxon time and all....when the Norman's said "mine" and took it.
Quote: Curt @ September 10 2008, 7:17 PM BSTDon't you English all have a little French in you?
Innuendo in 3...2...1....
Quote: PhQnix @ September 10 2008, 7:26 PM BSTInnuendo in 3...2...1....
WOULD YOU LIKE SOME!!!????
Ho....man...it was so hard not to have written that in my original message.
Quote: Curt @ September 10 2008, 7:28 PM BSTWOULD YOU LIKE SOME!!!????
Ho....man...it was so hard not to have written that in my original message.
How hard was it?
Quote: Tim Walker @ September 10 2008, 7:33 PM BSTHow hard was it?
Harder than a bull on stud farm.
to graphic? Sorry
Quote: Curt @ September 10 2008, 7:17 PM BSTDon't you English all have a little French in you? You know the Anglo-Saxon time and all....when the Norman's said "mine" and took it.
Anglo Saxons were all like German and that.
And, unlike your countries, England isn't TOTALLY made up of immigrants. Certainly not recent ones with anything resembling routes to elsewhere.
Quote: Aaron @ September 10 2008, 7:50 PM BSTAnglo Saxons were all like German and that.
And, unlike your countries, England isn't TOTALLY made up of immigrants. Certainly not recent ones with anything resembling routes to elsewhere.
The Normans spoke French my friend. Hence were most of the English language came from.
And I'm rather proud to be living in a multicultural society thank you. 
Quote: Curt @ September 10 2008, 7:53 PM BSTThe Normans spoke French my friend. Hence were most of the English language came from.
And I'm rather proud to be living in a multicultural society thank you.
To be fair even before the Normans, the peoples (even before smaller countries combined to become a distinct 'England' or 'France') of both England and France had enjoyed invading bits of each others countries and sleeping with their women for centuries. You'd really have to go back a long way to find any real "ethnic purity", if there ever really was one. (Except, of course, the Welsh. I mean, who'd f**k them? [apologies to SlagA et cetera])
Quote: Curt @ September 10 2008, 7:53 PM BSTThe Normans spoke French my friend.
That is correct. But as we were talking about Anglo-Saxons...
Quote: Curt @ September 10 2008, 7:53 PM BSTHence were most of the English language came from.
Erm, no. English is a Germanic language.
Quote: Tim Walker @ September 10 2008, 8:01 PM BSTExcept, of course, the Welsh. I mean, who'd f**k them?
Quote: Aaron @ September 10 2008, 8:06 PM BSTThat is correct. But as we were talking about Anglo-Saxons...
Erm, no. English is a Germanic language.
A good chunk of the English language is derived from the French. It may have originally been Germanic, but so much of the language used is French.
From the CIA's World Fact Book:
white (of which English 83.6%, Scottish 8.6%, Welsh 4.9%, Northern Irish 2.9%) 92.1%, black 2%, Indian 1.8%, Pakistani 1.3%, mixed 1.2%, other 1.6% (2001 census)
WOW That's a lot of white people!
Quote: Aaron @ September 10 2008, 7:50 PM BSTAnd, unlike your countries, England isn't TOTALLY made up of immigrants. Certainly not recent ones with anything resembling routes to elsewhere.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't all life start in Africa? So technically...
*Waits to be corrected, probably in an angry manner.* 
Quote: Curt @ September 10 2008, 8:08 PM BSTWOW That's a lot of white people!
Too many.
Bloody whites...