Re: York.
Originally Posted by
Silver Tabby
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JBR - LOL - nothing like a little early morning pedantry to kick start my day. I was taught that Saxons were part of York's history - albeit a small part.
Thanks ST.
The southerners, who seem to dictate everything in this country, tend to shorten the term 'Anglo-Saxon' to 'Saxon' because it's easier for them.
The Saxons occupied the southern areas - Wessex, Essex, Sussex and Middlesex (West-, East-, South- and Middle-Saxons respectively).
The Angles occupied the northern areas - Northumbria, Mercia and East Anglia.
The Jutes had to manage with just Kent!
By the way, whoever wrote the first extract you quoted has misspelled 'capital' as 'capitol', an inferior American word that they seem to use for their equivalent to 'town hall', but that mistake seems to be becoming increasingly common among uneducated Brits.
Apologies for my sarcastic pedantry!
Nevertheless, a brilliant poem. Have you thought about publishing?