LL-L "History" 2006.04.09 (04) [E]

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   L O W L A N D S - L * 08 April 2006 * Volume 04
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From: Clarkedavid8 at aol.com <Clarkedavid8 at aol.com>
Subject: LL-L "History" 2006.04.09 (01) [D/E]

From: Sandy Fleming <sandy at fleimin.demon.co.uk>
Subject: LL-L "Language varieties" 2006.04.07 (04) [D/E/German]

"Histroy does seem full of the unexpected and unpredictable, though. The
key battles between Scotland and England seem to be a matter of who's
playing at home and who's playing away. The Scots seemed to have
difficulty with English terrain and vice versa - or else it's something
to do with who's general was the smartest at the time!

At Bannockburn the English attacked with superior force and were wiped
out by the Scots, establishing Scotland as a nation.

At Flodden the Scots attacked the English with superior force and were
wiped out by the English, setting Scotland back as a nation.

In both cases the leaders on the winning side made brilliant use of the
terrain and the losers placed dependence on superior numbers and weaponry."

According to Sellars and Yeatman in "1066 and all that" the Scots only ever 
beat the English when they used the tactic used by the English against the 
French, Spanish, etc.: being the underdog and winning despite being 
hopelessly outnumbered.

David Clarke 

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