Re: Dicussion on 'hermaphrodite' (was Of accents & dialects

R A Brown wrote:
>
> Gosh - we've come a long way since the original
> remark about Middlesex which, of course, has
> nothing to do with sex at all. It was merely the
> _Saxon_ kingdom in the middle, as opposed to
> Essex (kingdom of the east Saxons), Wessex
> (kingdom of the west Saxons) and, where I hail
> from, Sussex (kingdom of the south Saxons) --
> there was no north Saxon kingdom.

Of course not -- who would want to live in Nosex ? ;-)

--Ph. D.

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