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Re:'Viking' was a job description, not a matter of heredity:... by keybored on Monday February 23, 2026 @03:56PM (#47128674)
Someone online from a region of North England was proud that he was more of a viking than Scandinavians because the Scandinavians that came to that place were definitely going viking. Not just lazy Scandinavians that stayed home all the time on their ill-geography farms.
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Re:'Viking' was a job description, not a matter of heredity:... by rgblambda on Monday February 23, 2026 @04:02PM (#47128770)
If his ancestors remained in England following the viking age, then he's 0% viking. I take it he's conflating vikings with the great heathen army.
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