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Non-binary Britain (media.kbin.social)
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[-] Lemjukes@lemm.ee 176 points 1 year ago

Ah yes the mysterious 5th gender "Kent"

[-] Evil_Shrubbery@lemmy.zip 24 points 1 year ago

I believe it's pronounced "Künt" ...

[-] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 year ago

They've got Kentergy!

[-] Casmael@geddit.social 12 points 1 year ago

Actually that’s pronounced ‘Lorry Park’

[-] Dasnap@lemmy.world 106 points 1 year ago
[-] drill_and_grill@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

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[-] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 20 points 1 year ago

Put either \ or 2 spaces at the end of each line

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[-] SonicBlue03@sh.itjust.works 39 points 1 year ago
[-] Ricaz@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago
[-] nightwatch_admin@feddit.nl 24 points 1 year ago

No, it’s what you are having.

[-] Sharkwellington@lemmy.one 13 points 1 year ago

Nosex for dinner again?

[-] bongus_urongus@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Well they could've had northsex, but it was too cold.

[-] Metans@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Well there is Norfolk

[-] KeyserSoze61@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I, uhh, wish it was missing.

[-] empireOfLove@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

That's located in your mother's basement, along with yourself

[-] AshLassay@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

That’s Wales

[-] PaupersSerenade@beehaw.org 27 points 1 year ago

All I know is I'm a right proper Kent

[-] Sharpiemarker@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago

Ok, Kent is the 5th "sex." What pronouns do Kents prefer?

[-] fsniper@kbin.social 22 points 1 year ago

West-sex wessex
South-sex sussex
East-sex essex but no
North-sex Nossex?

[-] CountVon@sh.itjust.works 36 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Essex comes from Old English Eastseaxan, literally "East Saxons". In other words, this is the part of England that was invaded/settled by the Saxons and they divided their lands into east, south and west regions, plus a middle region (middle Saxons, modern-day Middlesex).

There's no Norsex because at that time the lands to north of Saxon territory were held by the Angles. They also divided themselves into East Angles, South Angles, etc., but those names don't seem to have survived into the modern day. Interestingly though, the Kingdom of East Anglia was divided into "North Folk" and "South Folk", which is the origin of the modern-day names for Norfolk and Suffolk.

If you've heard of the Anglo-Saxons, yeah, that's these guys, the Angles and the Saxons. The Angles came from parts of modern-day Denmark, the Saxons from parts of modern-day northern Germany. They shared a lot of common Germanic culture but were also rivals.

[-] fsniper@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

I had no idea! Thank you for the great explanation.

[-] CountVon@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago

To be honest, I didn't either but I wanted to know where all these names come from. So I did some Googling and that's what I found. Apologies if I've mangled anything, but I think I got the broad strokes right. Etymology (the study of the origin and evolution of words) is neat!

[-] massive_bereavement@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

I'll be honest, those Angles sound quite obtuse!

[-] gerdesj@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

It got rebranded to Mercia 8)

[-] Haus@startrek.website 1 points 1 year ago

Because nobody can understand what they're talking about in the North.

[-] noorderling@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

Sorry, I Kent

[-] Potato_in_my_anus@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago

Kent's been always the weirdo...

[-] UnverifiedAPK@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Kent's into some sick shit, we don't associate with him.

[-] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Always running into phone booths whenever there's trouble. What does he do in there?

[-] Beryl@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Well, I Kent explain this

[-] DaveNa@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

I laughed at Kent.

[-] HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.one 5 points 1 year ago

When you stop in the middlesex to wonder wtf is up with kent.

[-] jasondj@ttrpg.network 5 points 1 year ago

One of these is a county in RI (Kent) and two of these are counties in MA (Essex and Middlesex). There’s also two other MA counties from the Anglo territories north of this map (Norfolk and Suffolk).

[-] BeigeAgenda@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

Kent is surrounded by sex.

[-] interolivary@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

I'm sus sex

[-] Vedgytones@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

🎶"I'm just Kent!"🎵

[-] CassowaryTom@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

Oh fuck. Which one is Irish? Actually, which one is American, but I like to say I'm Iriish because reasons?

[-] wabafee@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago
[-] callyral@readit.buzz 1 points 1 year ago

it's in the gay

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