In little over a month it will be the 950th anniversary of the

>>1657867
Go to England and fight Chavs on some hill I suppose.

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>>1657867
are modern day English have more bloodline of Saxons, Normans, or native Celts?

I suppose I'll start if off then:

> Normans
> French

> removal of a culture
> planting a tiny minority of rulers

>>1659292
Celts

Tfw my 32nd great grandfather killed anglos at Hastings

>>1659318
Doing God's work

>>1657867
>removal of primitive Anglo culture
Clearly the French didn't do a good enough job, considering they were still different enough to get bootyblasted in the 14th century when Ed was a possible candidate for the French throne.

>>1659303

They refered to themselves as French.

>>1659411
Merely because they admired, and paid homage to, the King of France. Not because of any genetic or filial reasons.

>>1659419
>genetic

They heavily interbred with locals
Rollo's son was already 50% French
So you can easily understand that William, seven generations later, was genetically much more French than Danish

>>1659419
They were french genetically speaking, and culturally speaking.

>>1659419
>genetically mostly French with a Danish patrilineal ancestry
>speaking Norman (a Latin language related to French)
>Catholic and landed nobility
>referring to themselves as "Franks"

Yeah they were 100% pure Vikings alright

>>1657867
Listen to La Marseillaise while eating baguette and cheese, all while on strike from work

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>>1659303

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>Anglo writing hasn't been diluted at all

>>1661188
>speaking Norman (a Latin language related to French)

Norman wasnt a language
It was Old French with very few varying words
It's like calling American English another language than British English

>>1662805
American English is a mix of speech impediment and dyslexia..

>>1659303
>normans
>not french
I'm english and even I admit this.