John McCoy wrote:
"Cyrille de Br=E9bisson" wrote in
:

- Guillaume le conquerant (william the conqueror) won england

Point of order - William the Conquerer (and his army) were Normans.
The Normans (Northmen) were 2nd or 3rd generation Vikings, and
can't properly be considered French.


If the Normans, who adopted the French language, religion, and
customs prior to their invasion of England cannot be considered
French because they were 2nd or 3rd generation Vikings, then
I guess that Americans who were 2nd or 3rd generation Europeans
can't properly be considered American. Especially when you
consider they did NOT adopt American languages, religons, or
customs even after MANY generations.

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