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Originally Posted by Sweetpea
Couldn't agree more! And if you happen to come across one, please tell me!
And sorry, but I've no idea who this Alfred (or Harold, or whoever) is
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Harold (not Alfred) was the Saxon king of England who was defeated by Duke William of Normandy (subsequently to be King William I of England) at the Battle of Hastings in 1066. Had the Norman invasion not happened, the modern English language would certainly not exist in its present form.