The Picts, a fierce group of people who lived in Scotland during ancient and medieval times, may have developed their own written language about 1,700 years ago, according to results from new excavations.
The Picts (which means “Painted People” for their distinctive tattoos and war paint) are part of the reason the Roman Empire was never able to conquer Scotland. Every time the Romans tried to invade, the Picts and other Scotland inhabitants drove the would-be conquerors back. At times the Picts went on the offensive, attacking Roman-controlled England, forcing the Romans to send legions to try to beat attackers back. Roman accounts of the Picts sometimes describe them as a fierce people who had numerous tattoos and practiced polyamory.
However, while the Picts were often in conflict with the Romans, new research published today (Oct. 26) in the journal Antiquity, suggests that these people may have gotten the idea for a written language from the Romans. Read more.
Opinion: U.S. And U.K. Remain United, Not Divided, By Their Common Language
“Great Britain and the United States are two nations separated by a common language.”
That’s the stock witticism, but if you ask me, it gets things backwards. Great Britain and the U.S. are more like two nations united by a divided language — or more precisely, by their mutual obsession with their linguistic differences. For 200 years now, writers from each nation have been tirelessly picking over the language of the other, with a mix of amusement, condescension, derision and horror.
I am so not here to dictate what phrases people use to refer to their own ethnicity. I knew a girl once who was like, “I’m not African-American; I’m black.” Even though most people would have used “African-American” because that was what was considered proper.
So some people use the word “brown” while others don’t. Some people don’t like to hear the word “brown” because it’s another way of saying “darkies,” which is not appropriate in my book.
Not everyone uses “brown person” in the US. And some non-white people in the US do find that phrase offensive.
I’m not even sure at this point which post you’re referring to. Was it A? Or B? Because post B was responding to post A. The way Post A comes across to me is that the British Royal Family had Harry propose and get engaged to MM as a special plan to include non-white people in the BRF. I do not think this is true. I think Harry is just dumb, desperate, and lonely.
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