Knight of Ēalōnshire 🇬🇧

Writing, Heavy rock/metal, Humour, Medieval fantasy, Psychology, Philosophy, History, Regulated capitalism, Swiss democracy, Conservation of nature & culture

[Knight of Ēalōnshire 🇬🇧 @PatOfLancs]

Language is always changing, but not always for the better; elegance and nuance can be lost and cultural identity eroded.

[Knight of Ēalōnshire 🇬🇧 @PatOfLancs]

@annbauerwriter Then he played Ritchie Blackmore and she couldn't understand why Clapton was better known.

[Andrew Brooks @AndrewPBrooks]

Phone box in the snow, from a winter walk in the Brecon Beacons a few years ago.

[Knight of Ēalōnshire 🇬🇧 @PatOfLancs]

@CastleGrief @LordNishar Probably. A young red dragon in a cave. Nice idea for a low level adventure.

[Knight of Ēalōnshire 🇬🇧 @PatOfLancs]

@ZeteticAdvocate @avidseries I remember fear of crminals and of nuclear war. But I still think the 1970s-1990s had the best level of everyday technology for a happy society.

[Archaeo - Histories @archeohistories]

In England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧 you sometimes see these “wavy” brick fences. And curious as it may seem, this shape uses FEWER bricks than a straight wall. A straight wall needs at least two layers of bricks to make is sturdy, but the wavy wall is fine thanks to the arch support provided by the waves...

These are called crinkle-crankle walls. They appear whimsical at first, like they were designed for aesthetics, but their origins are actually engineering. A straight brick wall that is only one brick thick is structurally weak — it can be pushed over or can collapse under small lateral forces. To make a straight wall stable, you usually need two courses of bricks side by side, which doubles material usage. But when you introduce a repeated serpentine curve, the wall gains strength because every bend acts like a buttress. The load paths distribute sideways pressure through the sinusoidal shape, stabilizing the wall without additional mass.

This design became especially common in parts of England where landowners wanted long boundary walls but wanted to reduce cost. Over a long distance, one course of bricks snaked back and forth could save thousands of bricks compared to a straight double-width equivalent. Garden estates adopted the pattern in the 18th and 19th centuries, especially in East Anglia. The geometry also had horticultural advantages — microclimates formed in the concave pockets which made them popular as fruit walls. Warmth collected on the south-facing curves, protecting apples and pears.

Modern viewers think they are decorative first, but historically the decoration was a side effect of cost efficiency and structural logic.

Thomas Jefferson even built crinkle-crankle walls at Monticello in the United States after seeing the concept in England.

© Reddit

#archaeohistories

[Knight of Ēalōnshire 🇬🇧 @PatOfLancs]

@HairMtlMessiah W.A.S.P., Slayer, Maiden, Yngwie.

[Knight of Ēalōnshire 🇬🇧 @PatOfLancs]

@mysty812 The red X (so called 'Cross of Saint Patrick') was never the flag of Ireland but was the symbol of the Order of Saint Patrick, so they cheated a bit using that.
"It has been suggested that it derives from the arms of the powerful Geraldine or FitzGerald dynasty." [Wikipedia].

[Knight of Ēalōnshire 🇬🇧 @PatOfLancs]

@grahamh941 @dmtoft @sir_roger1 @mysty812 It can be called the Union Jack in any situation:
https://t.co/76Gg7A3zg4

[Knight of Ēalōnshire 🇬🇧 @PatOfLancs]

There's evidence for the West Saxons having had a gold dragon standard, but the idea of the English being represented by a white dragon, historically, comes only from Welsh legend.

[The English Remnant @Englishremnant]

The White Dragon flag is one of the oldest emblems of the English ethnic people - a banner reaching back around 1,500 years, to the dawn of England itself. Long before the Norman invasion, before the lion or the Union Jack, the White Dragon flew over the early Christian kingdoms of Wessex, Mercia, and Northumbria, representing courage, purity, and divine protection.

Chroniclers such as Geoffrey of Monmouth wrote of the red and white dragons locked in battle - the red for the ancient Britons, the white for the English. That white dragon became the emblem of our nation and our ancestry, the symbol of a people forged in this land, united by faith, language, and blood.

When you see this flag, you’re looking at a banner that’s at least 1,500 years old, carried by our forefathers who built the churches, tilled the fields, defended the homeland, and passed down a living heritage that still runs in our veins today.

It’s not just a flag - it’s a symbol of English ancestry, English ethnicity, and the unbroken spirit of a people who have never lost their identity.

ƿē sindon Ēnglisc. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Fly it proudly - let the White Dragon rise once more over England.

[Knight of Ēalōnshire 🇬🇧 @PatOfLancs]

@_Zojka @Elizabeth_eno2 In the early Roman calendar, yes. And they didn't count January and February to begin with.

[Knight of Ēalōnshire 🇬🇧 @PatOfLancs]

@Elizabeth_eno2 I think the 1st of March is the nearest 'first of' to the start of spring (considering the overall atmosphere), so that should be New Year's Day.

[Knight of Ēalōnshire 🇬🇧 @PatOfLancs]

@AthelwulfG @PaulEmbery The English racial composition would have gradually changed over a few hundred years as more of the AngloSaxons mixed with the Britons - I don't know when it would have stabilised but there are still regional differences.

Do you not believe in such a thing as national culture?

[Knight of Ēalōnshire 🇬🇧 @PatOfLancs]

@ChristianHeiens Evolutionary psychology!

[Knight of Ēalōnshire 🇬🇧 @PatOfLancs]

@AthelwulfG @PaulEmbery Since there was a cohesive English nation. Circa 1000 AD.

[Knight of Ēalōnshire 🇬🇧 @PatOfLancs]

@moveincircles Sneaked. (Americanisation Watch at your service.)

[Knight of Ēalōnshire 🇬🇧 @PatOfLancs]

@KarrieA27056494 @alwayslatenite @LindaOs59385190 English, Welsh and Scots are all types of British. A DNA cluster map:

[Knight of Ēalōnshire 🇬🇧 @PatOfLancs]

@wylfcen There's some Viking graffiti somewhere which translates as something like: "Helga is one dirty bitch."

[Knight of Ēalōnshire 🇬🇧 @PatOfLancs]

@RetroCoast

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@QtheMetal

[Knight of Ēalōnshire 🇬🇧 @PatOfLancs]

@nil23sadonions @ScarredForLife2 Avon has a great claim to that.