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? or is it protection against wind and rain?......... what is the primary purpose of a necktie?To prevent bits of food/soup from getting on your shirt, just like underwear/pee/pants.Flying over Metropolis
ahhhh. good point, ok i just deleted my post with the answer to give others a chance to reply..... you do the same please!
Which country has the largest coin?
Answer :
Canada has a 100 KG. gold coin with a face value of $1,000,000.
Answer :
Canada has a 100 KG. gold coin with a face value of $1,000,000.
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Are we talking daily useable legal tender here, or that 100Kg gold $1Mil promotional thing the Royal Canadian Mint made? Of course this is nothing compared to the Triganic Pu. The exchange rate of eight Ningis to one Pu is simple enough, but since a Ningi is a triangular rubber coin six thousand eight hundred miles along each side, no one has ever collected enough to own one Pu. Ningis are not negotiable currency, because the Galactibanks refuse to deal in fiddling small change.
Sorry, couldnt resist it...... I'll get my towel.
The Roman Colosseum was most likely the first sporting venue to have a retractable roof,
bu whatt modern day sports venue was the first to have a retractable roof?
bu whatt modern day sports venue was the first to have a retractable roof?
Ok, I think I owe some answers here.
how long have the Celts lived in Britain?
Since 21 June 1792.
It was then that a group of London ‘bards’ staged an entirely invented ceremony on Primrose Hill in London, involving a stone circle made from pebbles,
and claimed they were reviving a ritual that stretched back to the ancient Celtic nation and its Druids.
Prior to this, there is no record of the word ‘Celt’ having been used to describe the pre-Roman inhabitants of Britain or Ireland and it was certainly never
a term they used to describe themselves.
The word ‘Celt’ was coined by the Greek historian Herodotus in 450 BC when he described the peoples of the headwaters of the Danube north of the
Alps.
The Roman name for such people was Galli (‘chicken people’) and they called the inhabitants of the British Isles Britanni, never Celts.
The use of the term ‘Celt’ in English dates from the seventeenth century.
A Welsh linguist living in Oxford called Edward Lluyd noted the similarities between the languages spoken in Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Cornwall and
Brittany. He called these languages ‘Celtic’ and the name stuck. The word ‘Celtic’ has also been used to describe the curly-wurly
style of design found in Irish gift-shops. There is no evidence to suggest that this was produced by an ethnically homogeneous group of people.
Most historians believe the language and culture we call ‘Celtic’ spread by contact not invasion. People ‘became’ Celtic by adopting the architecture,
fashions and ways of speaking because they were useful or attractive, not because they belonged to the same ethnic group.
The romantic notion of a Celtic Empire of horse-loving master craftsmen, wise old Druids, harp-strumming poets, and fierce bearded warriors is the
product of the Celtic Revival that started in the late eighteenth century.
It has more to do with modern Irish, Welsh and Scottish nationalism than with any historical reality.
how long have the Celts lived in Britain?
Since 21 June 1792.
It was then that a group of London ‘bards’ staged an entirely invented ceremony on Primrose Hill in London, involving a stone circle made from pebbles,
and claimed they were reviving a ritual that stretched back to the ancient Celtic nation and its Druids.
Prior to this, there is no record of the word ‘Celt’ having been used to describe the pre-Roman inhabitants of Britain or Ireland and it was certainly never
a term they used to describe themselves.
The word ‘Celt’ was coined by the Greek historian Herodotus in 450 BC when he described the peoples of the headwaters of the Danube north of the
Alps.
The Roman name for such people was Galli (‘chicken people’) and they called the inhabitants of the British Isles Britanni, never Celts.
The use of the term ‘Celt’ in English dates from the seventeenth century.
A Welsh linguist living in Oxford called Edward Lluyd noted the similarities between the languages spoken in Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Cornwall and
Brittany. He called these languages ‘Celtic’ and the name stuck. The word ‘Celtic’ has also been used to describe the curly-wurly
style of design found in Irish gift-shops. There is no evidence to suggest that this was produced by an ethnically homogeneous group of people.
Most historians believe the language and culture we call ‘Celtic’ spread by contact not invasion. People ‘became’ Celtic by adopting the architecture,
fashions and ways of speaking because they were useful or attractive, not because they belonged to the same ethnic group.
The romantic notion of a Celtic Empire of horse-loving master craftsmen, wise old Druids, harp-strumming poets, and fierce bearded warriors is the
product of the Celtic Revival that started in the late eighteenth century.
It has more to do with modern Irish, Welsh and Scottish nationalism than with any historical reality.
