The Myths. 1  Everyone in the Middle Ages thought the earth was flat. 2  Columbus faced opposition to his attempt to find a western route to Asia because people thought the earth was flat.
King Alfred of Wessex was careful to note this himself, suggesting a wide-ranging area of settlement of the Angles, and a relatively large population. The Angles, Anglii, or Angels (the 'g' is pronounced hard, as in 'gun' not soft as with a 'j') are first mentioned by Tacitus (Germania) about AD 98. They could be related to the Teutones of Pliny and Strabo in the early first century AD, forming a group known as the Ingaevones with the Chauci and the Cimbri.
Ãse, pronounced Aw-seh, is a common name for girls in Norway. However, in Australia you can misinterpret the mean into a few forms of âbottomâ. Wenche, pronounced Vehn-keh, is well known in Norway as a girls name. Australian males would delight in being allowed to call someone this name in public. Odd is a common boys name in Norway. This would just make people hysterical in Australia (especially if his last name was âPersonâ (pronounced Pear-shon in Norway).