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Lyonesse? Not so sure, Lyonesse is a kind of Celtic Atlantis. --MacRusgail 20:36, 8 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Thoroughly Anglo-Saxon throughout Scottish history? Really?
From the Edinburgh page "The origin of the city's name is understood to come from the Brythonic Din Eidyn (Fort of Eidyn) from the time when it was a Gododdin hillfort." This seems to contradict the statement on this page that "[lothian is the] only part of the nation to have been thoroughly Anglo-Saxon throughout Scottish history". It can't have been always Anglo-Saxon if it was one Brythonic. Can someone reseach this detail further and correct it? Rincewind42 10:03, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
- Lothian was Anglo-Saxon prior to it being conquered by the Scots and became a part of Kingdom of Scotland and has thus indeed always been Anglo-Saxon with regard to Scottish history. Do not confuse geographical North Britain, which is now referred to as Scotland with regard to all periods of history simply because that is the contemporary name of the region, with the Scottish state which did not come into existence until founded by the aforementioned Scots during the latter stages of the first millenium. siarach 11:24, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
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- That's a rather convoluted argument and goes against the common understanding of the term "Scottish History". It also goes against the use of the term "Scottish History" as used in many other pages of the wikipedia. For example the History of Scotland page begins with "The history of Scotland begins around 10,000 years before the present day..." Or do you want them to edit that to "The history of Northern Britain, the area which later became known as Scotland, begins around 10,000 years before the present day..." —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Rincewind42 (talk • contribs).
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- Shrugs* I thought the context in which the reference was made was clear enough. Ive changed the relevant bit in the article to refer to the Kingdom of Scotland rather than the more ambiguous Scottish history. siarach 17:02, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
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