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Originally posted by PhlabibitYep. It would be more accurate to talk about a Celtic race.
You tell me.
http://homepage.eircom.net/~kthomas/history.htm
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...because the genuine Irish (Celtic) people...
Race is such a poor term for biological reality though that I find it not terribly useful unless I'm trying to differentiate verbally between Mr. X (ancestors from England) and Mr. X (ancestors from West Africa). Then I might refer to the "black" or "white" Mr. X. It's still a bit uncomfortable though.
10 Dec 07
Originally posted by AThousandYoungThe Irish race of today is popularly known as the Milesian Race, because the genuine Irish (Celtic) people were supposed to be descended from Milesius of Spain, whose sons, say the legendary accounts, invaded and possessed themselves of Ireland a thousand years before Christ.
Yep. It would be more accurate to talk about a Celtic race.
...because the genuine Irish (Celtic) people...
10 Dec 07
Originally posted by PhlabibitThe Irish of today are not just Milesians but also Firbolg and Tuatha de Danaan according to that site.
The Irish race of today is popularly known as the [b]Milesian Race, because the genuine Irish (Celtic) people were supposed to be descended from Milesius of Spain, whose sons, say the legendary accounts, invaded and possessed themselves of Ireland a thousand years before Christ.[/b]
The races that occupied the land when the so-called Milesians came, chiefly the Firbolg and the Tuatha De Danann, were certainly not exterminated by the conquering Milesians. Those two peoples formed the basis of the future population, which was dominated and guided, and had its characteristics moulded, by the far less numerous but more powerful Milesian aristocracy and soldiery. All three of these races, however, were different tribes of the great Celtic family, who, long ages before, had separated from the main stem, and in course of later centuries blended again into one tribe of Gaels - three derivatives of one stream, which, after winding their several ways across Europe from the East, in Ireland turbulently met, and after eddying, and surging tumultuously, finally blended in amity, and flowed onward in one great Gaelic stream.
10 Dec 07
Originally posted by AThousandYoungLurning is FUN!
The Irish of today are not just Milesians but also Firbolg and Tuatha de Danaan according to that site.
The races that occupied the land when the so-called Milesians came, chiefly the Firbolg and the Tuatha De Danann, were certainly not exterminated by the conquering Milesians. Those two peoples formed the basis of the future population, which w ...[text shortened]... ging tumultuously, finally blended in amity, and flowed onward in one great Gaelic stream.
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10 Dec 07
Originally posted by uzlessThat's not very impressive, eh?
Canada has had ten over-the-board grandmasters: Peter Biyiasas who was awarded the title in 1978, Mark Bluvshtein 2004, Pascal Charbonneau 2006, Igor Ivanov 2005 (deceased), Joel Lautier (Born in France to a Canadian father) 1990, Alexandre Lesiege 1997, Kevin Spraggett 1985 (lives in Portugal), Duncan Suttles 1973, Dmitry Tyomkin 2000 (immigrated from Israel ...[text shortened]... ébert 1984, Robert Kiviaho 1984, Wolfram Schön 2006, Duncan Suttles 1982 and Alexander Ugge 2005
10 Dec 07
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Originally posted by PhlabibitAnd Canadians are dirty little beasts. But they're out there. I'd bet we even let a few of them in the US. Yep, they exist. Just like gays and lesbians and devil worshippers. But you can't tell just by looking at them... It's probably best that way. For my money I say we just keep the "don't ask, don't tell" policy with those kind of people. Canadians that is. You never know, you may have one living next door. Try not to touch anything they do. I wear rubber gloves.
Um, hope you're joking. Canadians are not a race onto themselves, most of them are Asians like Darvlay and Emily Yeung.
http://www.sinkingship.ca/photos/EmilyYeung_balloonARt.jpg
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And please don't refer to Darvlay as a Canadian. It makes him mad. He's Korean. Otherwise he may knock out your lights.