There are certainly quite intimate borrowing from Norse, such as parts of the verb to be (are, rather than sind) some pronouns, etc. The argument is that OE and ON were actually to some extent mutual… (View Post)

The minimum wage is an hourly rate, so there's no read across (View Post)

Italian plumbing seems to have declined since Roman times (View Post)

Interesting to see that Sharron Davies is to be made a peer as she is quite vociferous in supporting women's rights in sport, ie against transwomen being able to compete as women (View Post)

Really? I expect a significant fall in April. (View Post)