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Gary Jones Group: Members Posts: 130 Joined: 3-August 08 Member No.: 2,848  |
QUOTE (johncons @ Nov 5 2009, 12:57 AM)  Like we say in Norway, there's a difference between shaving and cutting ones head off. It doesn't need to be like going to a fun-fair going to work, but companies should follow British law, in Britain etc., and not be inhumane, I think. And managers should not be cruel and harass and bully. That's my opinon at least. Well, Norway had an empire kind of. We had Ireland, Isle of Man, New Hebrids, Faro Islands, Shetland Islands, Greenland, North-America (Vinland), Norway of course, Iceland, Northern Scottland I think, York, and probably some places I forgot. PS. It was called 'Norgesveldet', Norwegian wealth, and was in the Viking-age. We also had some parts of what's Sweden now, and probably something more I forgot. PS 2. That's right, I think some parts of the Wirral, Merseyside and Lancashire were Norwegian as well, but this could have been Norwegians that were chased from Ireland, for all that I know, this I don't know for sure. PS 3. That's right. Everton is an old-Norse or old-Norwegian name, ton is from tun, which means in Norway, (gårds)tun, where gård means farm, meas area between the central buildings on a farm. Ever is supposed to be from Eofr, or something, meaning swine. But I think -ton/tun, means it's cultivated, so Everton perhaps means a place were the pigs were fenced in or perhaps just ran wild. Something like this. But -ton/tun meant that it was in connection with a farm or buildings I'd guess. Something like this. Just something I remembered. So Everton was also Norwegian I'd say.  |
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