Comments by "Archangel" (@SirAntoniousBlock) on "RobWords" channel.

  1. "Those who burn books will in the end burn people" Heinrich Heine. Not a post WW2 quote but from the 19th century.
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  2. You should read it, it very much helps understand much of Hitlers decision making during the war. People asking asking "why did he do that?" etc can be left in no doubt that from early on his eyes were always on the east, everything has to be viewed in this context.
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  3.  @st0rmforce  And from another standpoint its not called the Irish isles either but the islands of Ireland and the islands of Britain.
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  4.  @manoz6194  A small hat you say. 🤔
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  5. The name of the Tory party comes from Irish, Tòraidh unsurprisingly meaning robber or outlaw. The origin of Afro American phrase you dig it? comes from the Irish dtuigeann tú? or do you understand? Also to put the Caibh bas (black cap) on something is to kill it, judges wore a black cap while pronouncing the death penalty. And a sean teach (old house) became a shanty.
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  6.  @st0rmforce  'It's the geographical name, dating back to well before the British empire existed, with etymology going back 2000 years.' Yes that's probably true, although the Romans knew of Ireland and even named it Hibernia there is no evidence they visited it so it remained culturally distinct a bit like Sri Lanka and India, but the British isles are certainly named after the Gaulish province of Brittany, at first probably referring to just the Channel isles and then to include the whole archipelago.
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  7. @ Nothing you comment in any way contradicts anything I said. So what's with the "Not true"? 😂
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  8.  @philroberts7238  Yes Britain was named after the Celtic peoples the Romans encountered in Gaul whose lands named "Brittany" still survive to this day, other echos are the Breton laws which was the common law system from Scotland Ireland Wales Cornwall Brittany Galacia and Basque country where their culture was prominent in the iron age.
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  9.  @derekmills5394  'iss may ay shin sounds like something you'd shout during a hurling match' It's pronounced- Ye smashed me shin!!!
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  10. In the 19th century the main reason for national schools was to make English the universal language, so children from all over Britain and Ireland literally had English beaten into them if the spoke their natural tongues.
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