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Re: Forestmen and Wolfpack... thoughts
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lugnet.castle
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Tue, 28 Mar 2000 15:42:50 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Nathan McDowell writes:
> In lugnet.castle, Chris Maddison writes:
> > > If memory serves me right, those were supposed to be Celts. I was not very
> > > happy with their portrayal.
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> > > Tony
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> > Ahh, Celts! Now it makes sense (light bulb above head) All these years I
> > thought they were making fun of Scots, but instead they were just doing a bad
> > portrayal of Celts. Thanks for the clarification.
> > -Chris
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> Excuse me? You must be joking... Scots *are* Celtic..
Only vaguely. Scots are much more Pictish, really. No self-respecting Celt
is going to strip down and cover himself in blue paint before battle. ;)
If you're looking for Celts(1), you should be looking in Ireland and Wales.
That being said, there's been so much intermingling in that region that
everyone is a bit of everything.
James (the slowly recovering from very busy weeks)
1:Of the non-Bostonian variety - so pronounce it with a hard "c" folks.
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| (...) bad (...) The celts were stripping down to their bare shield back when they were terrorizing early Rome. I forget whether they were into woad at that time, but I'll check my books when I get home. I think they were, but celts wander in and out (...) (25 years ago, 28-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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