Subject: Re: Vogts for Women
From: John Anderson <panic-AT-semiosix.com>
Date: 02 May 2003 20:25:11 +0200


On Fri, 2003-05-02 at 05:33, Old Goat wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Iain McKay" <iain.mckay-AT-zetnet.co.uk>
> 3:32 PM
> Subject: Re: Vogts for Women
> 
> 
> 
> > John Anderson wrote:
> > > I've always wondered about that. What exactly is the origin
> of the word "Sassenach?"
> >
> > Saxon. Its that simple.
> 
> Only if you gots a speech impediment.

I'd be interesting to see what mispronunications were necessary to get
from Saxon to Sassenach.

I thought most of the Brit aristocracy had Norman ancestry?

bye
John