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[davem]

Originally Posted by alatar

I wasn't talking about our common language...but of that country Tolkien lived in (never knew that it was called Englishland ).

Tolkien lived in England (from Engla Land, land of the Angelcynn -

England
From: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | Date: 1996 | Author: | © The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

England OE. Engla land (orig.) country of the Angles (see ANGLE), (later) of the Germanic inhabitants of Great Britain; hence OFris. Angelond, OS. (Du.) Engeland, (O)HG., Icel., etc. England.
So English OE. englisċ pert. to the group of Germanic peoples known coll. as Angelcynn, lit. ‘race of Angles’; also adj. and sb., of their language. Hence Englishman OE. Englisċmon. http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-England.html

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[alatar]

Originally Posted by davem

Tolkien lived in England (from Engla Land, land of the Angelcynn

I'm very sorry; retention of such geographical knowledge will surely get me escorted to the border...and I'm not really that fond of the weather in Argentina.

alatar is off to have that last post removed from memory

[davem]

Originally Posted by alatar

I'm very sorry; retention of such geographical knowledge will surely get me escorted to the border...and I'm not really that fond of the weather in Argentina.

Don't worry - I'm now expecting a midnight knock on the door from Ms Harperson's thought police for my injudicious mention of 'England' ... (for the benefit of non-Englsh Downers I won't explain that one