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Sarge Send message Joined: 25 Aug 99 Posts: 12273 Credit: 8,569,109 RAC: 79 |
"Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it." - attributed to to Mark Twain |
MOMMY: He is MAKING ME Read His Posts Thoughts and Prayers. GOoD Thoughts and GOoD Prayers. HATERWORLD Vs THOUGHTs and PRAYERs World. It Is a BATTLE ROYALE. Nobody LOVEs Me. Everybody HATEs Me. Why Don't I Go Eat Worms. Tasty Treats are Wormy Meat. Yes Send message Joined: 16 Jun 02 Posts: 6895 Credit: 6,588,977 RAC: 0 |
Mark Twain was one of The Worst Business Men of his era. He was a Smart Man and An Imbecile in Business. He is Great for Quotes. Yes, I read a Biography of Sammy Boy. Dull |
Sarge Send message Joined: 25 Aug 99 Posts: 12273 Credit: 8,569,109 RAC: 79 |
"Class warfare? Ha! Try serfing the waves of Medieval Times!" -Sarge |
skildude Send message Joined: 4 Oct 00 Posts: 9541 Credit: 50,759,529 RAC: 60 |
we're kinda working our way back to serfs and lords all over again aren't we. In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face. Diogenes Of Sinope |
Michael John Hind Send message Joined: 6 Feb 07 Posts: 1330 Credit: 3,632,028 RAC: 0 |
I think I might agree a little bit there! You forgot to mention...Seti-ites, us who are watching them all very closely. Villeins who due to the medieval village uprisings became known as villans, So you now know where this term "Villans" came from that we use sometimes to describe naughty persons. |
Michael John Hind Send message Joined: 6 Feb 07 Posts: 1330 Credit: 3,632,028 RAC: 0 |
Not quite right Michael, but there is a definite link yes. In the report regarding the peasant uprisings involving those living in the village, villains and serfs meant the same thing. Villaining was used to describe those involved in this revolt but not their acts of defiance though. So if you were a protester this was termed as villaining I suspect because you were against the restrictions placed upon you as a villager by your local lord. My understanding is still that the English derived their term "villans" from this uprising since this term does not seem to have been used in this country prior to this event occuring. Got any old Roman manuscripts laying around Chris that cover their occupation of the UK if so may shine more light on this subject. |
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