Anything in a Sunset State happen to say may recorded, changed, and then out of all context even much later be publicly replayed. Hope you have a nice day. ๐๐ฅ
Upon (an imaginary) #AnimalFarm the animals may asked to toil in construction of a windmill for the reward of a 'better tomorrow' while upon this uman farm people are still being asked to endure while are built, and rebuilt, ever more wind farms. #TheCarrotUponAStick
If you think of 1974 as marking
closure of era traditional shires
then there never was a Shropshire
as this name dates to 1980 and is
an amalgamation of SHRewbury,
salOP, and SHIRE.
Incidentally,
Shrewsburyshire
never (officially) existed
though on maps could appear.
The inhabitants of Shropshire can
still called Salopians rather than
Shropians while the county town
of Shrewsbury can referred to as
either Shroosbury (more popular)
or (a tad older form) Shrowsbury.
Note:
Bizarre as it sounds sow, soh, sew
may spoken alike in different eras!
Perhaps...
A Saxon pointed in the direction of
a wood of box trees and said
what do you call this?
The Celt misunderstood and
thought meant what is the
terrain like up ahead?
Answering Bearnoc (hilly).
This the Saxon misheard as
Bearroc and that is how
named was a wood.
The name of Waelingafordscir
might tax the scribe and fail be
something people for would fight.
Is there no prominent named
feature in the landscape nearby?
Yes, a wood of box trees known
by the name of Bearroc. Umm...
Bearrocscir, that sounds alright.
Final Note
Other possible reasons why
Waelingaford wasn't chosen:
Bearroc may where important
meetings took place or a name
already synonymous to area?
Fame of Wood? Opposition of
other settlements? Or simply
sounded (subjective) better?
[this list far from exhaustive]
Berkshire was named after a
landscape feature -a wood of box
trees- named Bearroc & not after
nearby admin centre, Waelingaford
(ford held by Waels people, now
called Wallingford), as this may
taxed the scribes rather less?
Under Normans
BEarRoCScir became BERKShire
Further Notes
Boxley...
Box (Box tree)
ley (lowland clearing).
Asser believed that name derived
from British Celtic (Bearnoc) but
that would mean a hilly place
so the original meaning lost
and the word very slightly
adjusted (to Bearroc).
Note 1
Name meaning, a biography
of Alfred the Great by
Asser 893AD.
Note 2
Relatively near to modern
Wallingford (and Oxford)
there is a settlement
now named Botley,
which is almost
Boxley - if x
became t.
Note 3
Bearnoc means
a hilly place in
British Celtic.
Berkshire was initially named after
a landscape feature -a wood of
box trees- known as Bearroc
rather than after the near
by admin centre of Waelingaford
(ford held by Wael's people, now
Wallingford) as is much shorter.
Under the Normans
BEaRroCSCIR became BERKSHIRE.
For many, very many, the white
knight of Saint George has the
previous prominence of Saint
Eadmund assumed and though
in one sense the dragon hath
been slain - calendar position
away from autumn moved, the
white yet reminds of that moon.
3/3
Now a peasant might derogatory
called a worm but a wyrm was also
another name by which a dragon
knew. Moreover, peasants in revolt
could fire against knights use and
the white knight of Saint George is
famed for dragon slew... peasants
who wished their lives improved.
2/3
Lest Forget...
During spring daylight ascendancy
assumes while in autumn the night
begins rule. In the spring the sun
dragon and in autumn that of the
moon. Now Christianity would this
ancient concept overwrite through
Saint David and Saint Eadmund
calendar positions assumed. 1/3
You can fool most all the people
some of the time and some of the
people most all the time BUT you
can't fool them so easily if they ask
@grok to clarify what being told.
When increases in your costs
stabilize at an extra ยฃX per 4
seasons but return from your
savings set to decline by an
ever increasing ยฃY (as both
return and savings continual
slide) then remained caught
in a cost of living crisis you
might described (of ยฃX+ยฃY).
#EraOfIgnorance
#RealityCheck...
If cost of your shopping increases
by ยฃ100 every 4 seasons then
the rate of inflation could
said to be guess what?
Progressively
Decreasing!
#EraOfIgnorance,
and #WorldOfSpin.
A spin doctor is well within their
rights to say only '100' arrive
irregularly or illegally upon a day
when blockbuster numbers
entertained if follow the old Bad
Faith Tory play of ceasing to
count when number appertains.