John L.

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  • in reply to: Areas of origin of British immigrants to the South #16867

    John L.
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    The South has an overrepresentation of settlers from the British border regions. Northern England, Northern Ireland, and Southern Scotland are ancestral homes to many Southerners. The historian David Hackett Fischer theorizes that it was the religious and tribal violence of these British regions that has given rise to the greater incidence today of violence in the South than in the North.

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    Name : John L., Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Agnostic, Age : 30, City : houston, State : TX, Country : United States, Occupation : writer, Education level : 2 Years of College, 
    in reply to: Racist origin of the word ‘picnic’? #32533

    John L.
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    Dr. Johnson’s dictionary has it as a word of Swedish origin and meaning an assembly in which each individual member brings his own contribution. So unless the KKK was active in Rennaissance Sweden, it looks like your friend has an urban legend etymology.

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    Name : John L., Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Agnostic, Age : 30, City : houston, State : TX, Country : United States, Occupation : writer, Education level : 2 Years of College, 
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