(1118) Welcome to elevenses … mine is scrambled egg and salmon again, with embellishments. (1129)
10. Moo corner
… as one does of course.
9. Interesting who’s saying it
8. Keep up with your Iron Age tribes
7. Steve corner at 1447 (drumroll please)
- DOJ Investigating Jack Smith After He Was Accused of Lying to Congress and Obstructing Oversight
- Secretary Rubio Meets Russian FM Lavrov, Says US Wants To Play Role in Ending the Ukraine War, Calls the Anchorage Peace Effort ‘Failed’
- Gestapo Tactics: German State Starts Banning AfD Candidates from Running for Office Because They Might Win
- US Is Using British Bases of Fairford and Diego Garcia for ‘Defensive Strikes’ on Iran, in Surprising Policy Decision by New PM Burnham
- US Resume Bombers Raid On Iran, IRGC Threatens UK
- UK government’s policy of adding folic acid to flour is not safe; studies show an increase in cancer
- Democratic Socialists Channel Cloward-Piven
- Much much much more over there.
8. I read somewhere some time ago that the Cornish Celts and the Scottish Celts were known as Northern Celts while the Welsh Celts were Southern Celts. If that helps. I’m now more confused than before.
Language is the best determiner, Andy. Two branches:
Goidelic (Q-Celtic): Irish (Gaeilge), Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig), and Manx (Gaelg). These languages retain the “q” sound from Proto-Celtic and are primarily spoken in Ireland, Scotland, and the Isle of Man.
Brittonic (P-Celtic): Welsh (Cymraeg), Cornish (Kernewek), and Breton (Brezhoneg). These languages evolved in Wales, Cornwall, and Brittany, France, and are characterized by the “p” sound in place of the Proto-Celtic “q”
Clearly north and south though historically they evolved from a common language (Proto-Celtic) once spoken across Europe and the British Isles.
There’s nothing quite like walking into a room and seeing everyone else leave the room. Headline in the paywall telegraph, “Ed Milliband welcomed to Foreign Office by civil servant walk out”. Precious moments.
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JH: Nice.
10. Baby Martians? 😎. My Gran kept one of those baby contraptions in the cupboard in the bathroom. It frightened me to death when I came across it when sent to fetch something from said cupboard!😱 First time I’ve seen one in use.