Origins of the Picts and Scots.

[rhiannon]

Stupid ignorant illiterate pile of wank.

[Logan]

'We must consider how very little history there is; I mean real authentick history. That certain Kings reigned, and certain battles were fought, we can depend on as true; but all the colouring, all the philosophy of history is conjecture.'

Johnson

[johngaunt]

'We must consider how very little history there is; I mean real authentick history. That certain Kings reigned, and certain battles were fought, we can depend on as true; but all the colouring, all the philosophy of history is conjecture.'

Johnson

They were almost certainly brythonic, cumbric etc.

Most of mainland Brtitian spoke this language, some western areas were influenced by gaelic, but for the most part, all of mainland Britain spoke this tongue.

[gandalf]

There were a cousin tribe of the pict of Scotland in Gaul : the Pictones , around the city of Poitiers .

And numerous others like the Parisii in England , and around Paris ,
Catuvelauni in England and around Châlons en Champagne , etc ,

"The problem with Scotland is that it is full of Scots "

[Graham]

I love the picts and the funny art




Distribution of Class I and Class II stones, as well as caves holding Pictish symbol graffiti

[MST3K]

I've always wondered what their language must have been...non-Celtic or just proto-Welsh.

[Argyll]

The Picts were a Celtic people. They spoke a Brythonnic language. Many of their places names are drawn from a common Brittonic pool: aber, tre(v), lanerc, and recorded Pictish personal names such as Drostan, Necrton, Onuist, and Mailcon. (from Scotland, A History. Article by Katherine Forsyth.)
You can even see the Celtic knots on the Pictish cross slabs.

[Argyll]

This is inaccurate, and calls for question the veracity of the rest of the text, the basques of Spain? and the Basques in the South of France are diferent? This study discusses the relationship of the inhabitants of the British Isles and the inhabitants of the Cantabrian coast of Spain including Asturias and Cantabria, Navarra and to Galicia.

I always wonder why they make mistakes like this, I have seen the same news but substituting Basque for Galician, is simpler and more accurate to say Cantabrian coast or North Spain.

I highly doubt there are any "pure" Picts left. I believe, since they combined with the Gaelic Scots, they became one culture and mingled with each other, seeing as they are from the same race.
I don't see how the Picts could be Germanic, if anyone quotes Bede, I'll quote you back , the Celts had "milky white skin (as told from a Roman historian/writer), the Germanic peoples weren't the only ones who had fair skin.

[Osweo]

I highly doubt there are any "pure" Picts left. I believe, since they combined with the Gaelic Scots, they became one culture and mingled with each other, seeing as they are from the same race.
I don't see how the Picts could be Germanic, if anyone quotes Bede, I'll quote you back , the Celts had "milky white skin (as told from a Roman historian/writer), the Germanic peoples weren't the only ones who had fair skin.

You think nothing happened up there since the 740s?

Moray was always trying to wriggle out of central control, too.

By the way, the 'llanerch' in your source, is it attested AT ALL north of the Forth!? Only examples I can think of are Lanark itself, and another even further south (Carlanrick). There's Lanercost on the English side of the border too.

[Argyll]

You think nothing happened up there since the 740s?

Moray was always trying to wriggle out of central control, too.

By the way, the 'llanerch' in your source, is it attested AT ALL north of the Forth!? Only examples I can think of are Lanark itself, and another even further south (Carlanrick). There's Lanercost on the English side of the border too.

Wait. Slow down. What are you saying?