Non, mais...
William was not French, he was Nor(se)man. And *you* can thank *them* for a
large part of your Normandy placenames, starting from Cap Gris Nez
;-)
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Piers
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From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Manuel Viet
Sent: 15 December 2007 01:01
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Re: REMOVE ME FROM YOUR EMAIL LIST
Le vendredi 14 Décembre 2007 23:46, Andrew Fildes a écrit :
> I wonder if the French have considered that advantage? :-) Andrew
> Fildes afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> On 15/12/2007, at 1:35 AM, Jez Cunningham wrote:
> > Using English avoids linguistic divides !
> > Jez, in Vlaams-Brabant / Brabant flamand
Sure we did when Guillaume le Conquérant (for you William I of England) set
out for that little trip. He did not completely succeeded, but you can thank
him for a large part of your dictionnary.
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Manuel Viet
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