Ardnamurchan Viking boat burial discovery 'a first'

[Nglund]

Sure, we sent you all of our best murderrs and rapists to screw your women.

Enough! I might be descended from one of these women your ancestors screwed

[Hevneren]

Eeee... I suppose the dragonships took away all the people with a sense of humour too.

Not at all, but a Dutch troll got me a bit irritated. In any case, back in the day there was a language known as Norn on the Orkneys, which isn't too far from the coast of Scotland, if I'm not mistaken. I know Scots has some words in it of Norse heritage (Sorcha might have a fit reading this).

[Hevneren]

Enough! I might be descended from one of these women your ancestors screwed

I'm sure they were fine womenfolk. They must've had good taste afterall.

[Aces High]

But where's his bowler hat then?

I think you will soon find that those iron remnants that they have found and cant understand will actually be a black umbrella.....the bowler hat with horns must have rotted away.

[Osweo]

Not at all, but a Dutch troll got me a bit irritated. In any case, back in the day there was a language known as Norn on the Orkneys, which isn't too far from the coast of Scotland, if I'm not mistaken. I know Scots has some words in it of Norse heritage (Sorcha might have a fit reading this).

Standard English itself has as many Norse words in it. SHE, THEY!

My Northern dialect has even more; skrike for 'shriek/wail', 'sken-eyed' for cross eyed... The Scots have NO monopoly on this.

The region where this ship was found actually saw the Norsemen switch language TO GAELIC, though, so this made piss all impact on Scottish forms of English. Heh, there are places called an Thobhth there, from 'Toft', which is a word in lots of English plaacenames and surnames too - Flintoff, for one.

[AussieScott]

Not at all, but a Dutch troll got me a bit irritated. In any case, back in the day there was a language known as Norn on the Orkneys, which isn't too far from the coast of Scotland, if I'm not mistaken. I know Scots has some words in it of Norse heritage (Sorcha might have a fit reading this).

My clan from the Norse that settled married into picts...There's a few Scots on here claiming Dane ancestry.

[AussieScott]

Standard English itself has as many Norse words in it. SHE, THEY!

My Northern dialect has even more; skrike for 'shriek/wail', 'sken-eyed' for cross eyed... The Scots have NO monopoly on this.

The region where this ship was found actually saw the Norsemen switch language TO GAELIC, though, so this made piss all impact on Scottish forms of English. Heh, there are places called an Thobhth there, from 'Toft', which is a word in lots of English plaacenames and surnames too - Flintoff, for one.

That's true the clan name was made more Scottish or Gaelic from the original Norse name.

[SilverKnight]

One thing is, no matter where they came from (Norway, Sweden, Ireland) ..the photos are astonishing, just seeing an artifact that is generations times generations old with your eyes across the Atlantic in your monitor leaves you breathless :0 ....