Guest Posted May 10, 2015 Report Share Posted May 10, 2015 Interesting facts about ... Vikings Didn't know the vickings laid siege to Paris Didn't know they took money ( Danegeld ) instead of attacking cities Didn't know they orginated English words such as axle, crook, raft, knife, plough and leather. Didn't know they were unafraid of death Didn't know they founded the early East Slavic state with it's capital Kiev Didn't know the Vickings had a shortage of women due to selective female infanticid Didn't know they had some cool names like Ivor the boneless, and Bjorn Ironside Didn't know Vikings were fashion conscious and liked green and purple Didn't know the Vickings traded with Islam Anyone else got anything interesting to say about their ancestors, that I might not know. Understandably Australian board members may be unable to contribute much more than I already know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Munchmaster Posted May 10, 2015 Report Share Posted May 10, 2015 Your ancestors were Vikings?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waerth Posted May 10, 2015 Report Share Posted May 10, 2015 I think she watched the tv series Vikings recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 10, 2015 Report Share Posted May 10, 2015 " Your ancestors were Vikings?! " No ... as you well know ... that was not the thread, it was interersting ancestors I used Vikings as a starter. I could have used Thai, but most board members already know enough. If you are proud of being Scotish you might have some interesting facts about your ancestors. If you have nothing interesting to say that's fair enough but why troll, just ignore my post .. Urban Dictionary: trolling www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=trolling Cached Similar Top Definition. trolling. Being a prick on the internet because you can. Typically unleashing one or more cynical or sarcastic remarks on an innocent by-stander, ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Munchmaster Posted May 10, 2015 Report Share Posted May 10, 2015 "Your ancestors were Vikings?!" No ... as you well know ... that was not the thread, it was interersting ancestors I used Vikings as a starter. I did assume that they weren't, however the last line of your thread states, "Anyone else got anything interesting to say about their ancestors,......." implying that the facts preceding were about your own ancestors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 10, 2015 Report Share Posted May 10, 2015 I did assume that they weren't, however the last line of your thread states, "Anyone else got anything interesting to say about their ancestors,......." implying that the facts preceding were about your own ancestors. Thank you, I use this board to improve my useage of English. I don't doubt what you say is correct, although I am having difficulty in seeing anything other than what it says ... and your incorrect spelling of proceeding .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radioman Posted May 10, 2015 Report Share Posted May 10, 2015 Er, his spelling seems correct to me, but what would I know. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/preceding I also read it the same way MM did. To that I would add your statement "Anyone else got anything interesting to say about their ancestors, that I might not know." Should I think have ended with ? Unless of course your point was purely rhetorical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted May 10, 2015 Report Share Posted May 10, 2015 My ancestors were English, Scottish, Irish and German. They did lots of things, such as fighting wars with each other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Munchmaster Posted May 10, 2015 Report Share Posted May 10, 2015 Thank you, I use this board to improve my useage of English. I don't doubt what you say is correct, although I am having difficulty in seeing anything other than what it says ... and your incorrect spelling of proceeding .... As I didn't use the word "proceeding" (which would have made no sense anyway) I therefore didn't spell the word "preceding" incorrectly. PS If you don't know what you are talking about then perhaps best not to try and correct others. Oops, I forgot you're a Thai and therefore always correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 10, 2015 Report Share Posted May 10, 2015 PS If you don't know what you are talking about then perhaps best not to try and correct others. Oops, I forgot you're a Thai and therefore always correct. You are totally correct, as you point out ... I completely mixed these words up in the spelling .... proceeding and preceding. Again thank you for pointing out the error. Pity this thread has been derailed on grammar mistakes it might have been interesting well at least to me anyway, never mind ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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