Even then, a lot of different ethnic groups of Europe were once part of the same. For example, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland are all seen as different groups. However, if you speak German you’ll notice some overlap in the languages, and turns out those countries are made up of much earlier genetic german groups that migrated north to those lands. A lot of English language also ties in with German.
Funny enough in German, Englisch is pronounced like ang-lish or in my mind “Anglo-Saxon English”
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Yeah, and the vikings were expelled twice. Furthermore, Æthelred made an attempt to exterminate the Danes.
The funny thing is that the Anglo Saxons and the vikings were literally from the same fucking place (mainly Denmark, though Harald Hadrada was from Norway and the saxons were in the far north of Germany), and were virtually identical people genetically, had extremely similar cultures, and were mutually intelligible with each other
But there was still enough of a difference that they fought each other. Though after a time they would have peace. Particularly with Cnut the great onward. England had so much scandinavian influence, and Scandinavia had enough anglo saxon influence (because of Cnut the great) that if 1066 had never occurred, England would probably be considered a nordic country.
Imagine how the anglo saxons would react to shitskin subhumans landing on their shores
The normans forewent their entire race and culture to become "frenchified" in every aspect but were still somehow such a major thorn in the ass for France to deal with, including and even made worse by their conquest of England
They shat all over the germanic people who were their blood Brothers and larped as Frenchmen for centuries, alienating themselves from the anglo saxon populace while still having a bone to pick with the French. Who they hated even though they pretended to be them. Pivoting England away from northern European affairs and into western European ones forever.
Truly a strange group of people. They began the absolute cultural destruction of England. An English king has not sat on the English throne in 958 years and counting. Cnut the great was more English than king Charles. Harald Hadrada would have been a better person to take the throne than willy the bastard
Funny enough in German, Englisch is pronounced like ang-lish or in my mind “Anglo-Saxon English”