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1066 and Before All That: The Battle of Hastings, Anglo-Saxon and Norman England | Ed West

@Texreader I‘ve been waiting to see your next post on another Ed West book on sale, but I popped in today and there it was. It wasn‘t the one I‘m most excited about, but you know I‘ll happily read it anyway. That just means the one I‘m most excited about is next month!!! WOOHOO!!!
#EdWest #snarkyhistory #wibblywobblytimeywimey

Crazeedi Looks interesting! 5y

Texreader That‘s awesome! It hasn‘t shown in my sale list. Strange 5y

GingerAntics @Texreader really? Good thing I checked then. Maybe next week? 5y

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GingerAntics @crazeedi I love Ed West! He does great, snarky histories of England. He doesn‘t really do chronological which throws some readers off. He does a loose chronological, part thematic approach. It‘s hard to explain, but it can be unnerving to people. 5y

Crazeedi @GingerAntics I'm going to look for him, I'd like to check out his writing! 5y

GingerAntics @Crazeedi I hope you enjoy it!!! 5y

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My Kingdom for a Horse: The War of the Roses | Ed West

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Another great, smart ass history by Ed West. I love his writing style and the fact that he doesn‘t take himself too seriously. He‘s clearly done his research, but he still has fun with it. I honestly believe students would like history if it was taught in the same manner that West writes his books. This is history as it should be.
#EdWest #MyKingdomForAHorse #history #englishhistory #snarkyhistory

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My Kingdom for a Horse: The War of the Roses | Ed West

So much going on here with this, @Texreader. I think I had to read this 4 or 5 times to take it all in. No wonder I sucked at spelling as a kid.
#EdWest #MyKingdomForAHorse #history #englishhistory #snarkyhistory #spelling #notmyfault

julesG That German example is wrong. It's "ich bin, du bist, er ist". 5y

GingerAntics @julesG I thought that last of the three looked funny. I thought I‘d just gotten my French and my German mixed up. Maybe that‘s what it was back in the 1400‘s? 🤷🏼‍♀️ 5y

julesG In the 1400s Middle High German was spoken. The verb "sein" (to be) was "sîn" back then. In it's Indikative form, it was "ich bin, dû bist, er ist". In the Konjunktiv form it was "ich sî, dû sîst, er sî". BUT I'm not an expert on this topic. 5y

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GingerAntics @julesG I‘m nodding with that glazed look in my eyes now. lol You‘re lucky I remember any modern German as it is. I definitely never knew High German. lol 5y

julesG High German is German. We call it "High" to distinguish it from the lots of dialects (Bavarian, Saxonian,...) and regional variations (Swiss German, Austrian German,...). It's the "purest" version of German that hardly anyone speaks. It is a bit like Received Pronounciation in Britain. Proper German, the unblemished language (I'm rolling my eyes here), is supposed to be spoken in the area between Bremen and Hanover. Everyone else speaks dialect.? 5y

GingerAntics @julesG oh for the love of all that‘s holy. 🙄 What is children‘s programming in? We used to watch cartoons and learn to play German games in German. I‘m going to guess education stuff is all “proper” German? Because certainly German that other Germans can understand isn‘t good enough. 🙄🤣😂🤣 5y

julesG Yes, education, TV programmes, radio is "High German", although regional accents(!) are allowed. Heaven forbid dialect. Just another reason why I love to watch films in their original version; in the dubbed versions all characters speak High German - so many facets are missing. Just imagine Outlander where EVERY single character speaks Received Pronounciation and you get an idea how much torture dubbed versions are for me. 5y

julesG BTW, there are regional variations, dialects, and even accents that are hard to understand even for a German. 5y

GingerAntics @julesG okay dubbed sounds like absolute torture. That would just be obnoxious. Absolutely not. Okay, so I guess the bits and pieces I know are high German. I can‘t spell in German any better than I can in English, though. 5y

julesG 😂😂😂 5y

GingerAntics @julesG for example, why one earth are their so many letters in Auf Wiedersehen?! I can never keep them all straight. How many E‘s? Don‘t for the get H or the I. Half the time I want to make the S, a Z. I‘m practically German illiterate!!! Although, there was a time I read it better than I spoke it. Go figure. 5y

julesG My daughter just learned about the diphtongs and when to add an H for a long sounding vowel. It's tricky, but contrary to English, what you see is what you get. German spelling is rather literal (no pun intended). The way it's spelled is how it's pronounced. Long 'iiiiii' sound? Use either 'ie' or 'ih'. Short vowel sound? Often followed by a double consonant... 5y

GingerAntics @julesG I actually never knew any of those things. Yeah, English is messed up. You can basically have w silent any letter as long as it‘s accepted spelling. It‘s madness. Yacht - who in the bloody hell has heard of a silent ch?! 5y

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My Kingdom for a Horse: The War of the Roses | Ed West

What were you doing when you were 8?! lol
#EdWest #MyKingdomForAHorse #history #englishhistory #snarkyhistory #startingyoung #youngwidow

julesG Richard a widow? Not widower? 5y

GingerAntics @julesG 🤷🏼‍♀️ I had that thought, too. No idea on that one. I was more focused on married at 4, widowed at 8. lol 5y

julesG Strange. Typo that wasn't picked up in editing? 5y

GingerAntics @julesG dunno, maybe. You‘d think that would jump out, but his humorous tone could have been distracting for the editor as well, I suppose. 5y

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My Kingdom for a Horse: The War of the Roses | Ed West

🤣😂🤣 I just love how not like Shakespeare‘s kings some of these guys really were. 🤣😂🤣
#EdWest #MyKingdomForAHorse #history #englishhistory #snarkyhistory #shakespeare #shakespeareskings

TrishB There is much poetic licence in Shakespeare! 5y

GingerAntics @TrishB I‘m not necessarily against that, but I think in this case it would be really funny to have a battle raging on stage while the king sings to himself!!! 5y

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My Kingdom for a Horse: The War of the Roses | Ed West

Not only is chivalry dead, it‘s BEEN dead since the War of the Roses.
#EdWest #MyKingdomForAHorse #history #englishhistory #snarkyhistory #chivalry #chivalryisdead

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My Kingdom for a Horse: The War of the Roses | Ed West

The problem with naming people after where they live. 🤣😂🤣
#EdWest #MyKingdomForAHorse #history #englishhistory #snarkyhistory

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My Kingdom for a Horse: The War of the Roses | Ed West

Just in case you‘re looking for somewhere to visit in England. 🤣😂🤣
#EdWest #MyKingdomForAHorse #history #englishhistory #snarkyhistory #visitengland #visitludlow

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My Kingdom for a Horse: The War of the Roses | Ed West

494 days and two months is a LONG time.
At least the French were happy to see the English troops after so long.
#EdWest #MyKingdomForAHorse #history #englishhistory #snarkyhistory #england #france #franceitslikeanotherplanet #interestinghistoricaltidbit

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My Kingdom for a Horse: The War of the Roses | Ed West

“Nothing says national unity more than mutilating anyone who questions it.”
Good thing Trump isn‘t a reader.
#EdWest #MyKingdomForAHorse #history #englishhistory #snarkyhistory #truestory #badgovernance

readinginthedark 🙈 Oh my God, this is so true and terrifying! 5y

GingerAntics @readinginthedark that this would become Trump‘s new stolen idea, or that Trump doesn‘t read? Really, both are probably equally terrifying. 5y

readinginthedark I meant the mutilation...but hopefully the latter if I have to choose one of the statements about Trump. But I think he reads tweets about himself! 5y

GingerAntics @readinginthedark fair point. If it‘s not praising him, he doesn‘t want to see it. 5y

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