Beetle_O_Rourke to chapotraphouse • 7 months agoAny Dermatologist not in bed with Big Soap will agree!!imagemessage-square46 fedilinkarrow-up178file-text
arrow-up178imageAny Dermatologist not in bed with Big Soap will agree!!Beetle_O_Rourke to chapotraphouse • 7 months agomessage-square46 Commentsfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarepooh [she/her, love/loves]hexbear6·7 months agoWell, I mean, the modern English are sort of descended from Vikings (Anglo-Saxons). Scots and Irish are still mostly Celtic though (I think) and those places are way cooler, so not sure this argument holds link
minus-squarepseudo@jlai.luhexbear5·7 months agoNot an expert but from the name, I would imagine they descend from the Angles (Engles?) and the Saxes not from the Vikings. linkfedilink
minus-squarepooh [she/her, love/loves]hexbear4·7 months agoYeah, for some reason I was thinking Angles and Saxons were considered Vikings but I was totally wrong on that. You are correct. link
minus-squareProfessorOwl_PhD [any]hexbear2·7 months agoNortheast England and the east coast of Scotland have a fair amount of viking ancestry about from all the raiding, so it's not completely baseless. link
minus-squareTankiedesantski [he/him]hexbear4·7 months agoDescended from is not the same as being. An Italian American is not an Italian is not a Roman even if you can trace descent. link
Well, I mean, the modern English are sort of descended from Vikings (Anglo-Saxons). Scots and Irish are still mostly Celtic though (I think) and those places are way cooler, so not sure this argument holds
Not an expert but from the name, I would imagine they descend from the Angles (Engles?) and the Saxes not from the Vikings.
Yeah, for some reason I was thinking Angles and Saxons were considered Vikings but I was totally wrong on that. You are correct.
Northeast England and the east coast of Scotland have a fair amount of viking ancestry about from all the raiding, so it's not completely baseless.
Descended from is not the same as being. An Italian American is not an Italian is not a Roman even if you can trace descent.