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14 April 2006 * Volume 03
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From: Sandy Fleming <sandy at fleimin.demon.co.uk>
Subject: LL-L "History" 2006.04.09 (04) [E]

> From: Clarkedavid8 at aol.com <Clarkedavid8 at aol.com>
> Subject: LL-L "History" 2006.04.09 (01) [D/E]
>
> 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.
>
This is the second or third time this book has been quoted seemingly in 
earnest on the list.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't "1066 and All That" a lampoon of 
school history books? I mean it was Calais that was written on her 
heart, wasn't it? Not "callous"!

Sandy Fleming
http://scptstext.org/

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From: Sandy Fleming <sandy at fleimin.demon.co.uk>
Subject: LL-L "History" 2006.04.10 (03) [E]

> From: Paul Finlow-Bates <wolf_thunder51 at yahoo.co.uk>
> Subject: LL-L "History" 2006.04.09 (01) [D/E]
>
>   I think that's very true, the Lowlands Scot/English divide at the 
> time was minimal, far less significant thant the Highland/Lowland 
> division or the English/Welsh one.  Relations were very good between 
> the two countries up to that time.  The irony is that all the key 
> players in the struggles - Plantagenets, Bruces, Balliols, Comyns, and 
> probably even "Braveheart" Wallace, were all French speakers!
>
Surely the Braveheart was the Bruce? You know, they buried his heart and 
that was the Braveheart?

What rubbish have you been watching?  :)

Sandy Fleming
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