Recent content by john

no 'apocalypse now'

Barnabas Horton - cool name of an ancestor who built one of the first houses on Long Island in the 1640s Leroy and Vada Rubb my great grandparents

what about marshmallow?

Long Island has tons, and a lot are named for the original 13 tribes present, although some have altered spellings and such; Wantagh, Shinnecock, Massapequa, Montauk, Setauket, Patchogue, Matinecock, Sagaponack, Amagansett, Nissequogue etc. My faves are Quogue and Speonk

??? Richard died in 1199 las navas detolosa didn't happen until 1212 cathar crusade began 1209 Berenguela didn't inherit navarre, her nephew did when is your pod?

this is frickin' awesome! :cool: you should use 'house of flying daggers' somewhere

Man, this just gets better and better. Keep it up! :cool:

Funny, I also 1st picked up Italian from my boss who was from La Spezia (alright, he was actually from Volastra in the Cinque Terre, but close enough) and was sometimes mocked for it by friends from Florence- they seem to consider their Italian the 'best' and kind of looked down at other variations.

I don't think I'd call either one of them 'Catalan'. Alienor natively spoke 'Poitevin' , related to catalan but sort of a bridge between langue d'oc and d'oil, and I believe she spoke French at court in France and England. Richard probably spoke Poitevin and French as well.

Hmmm, I don't think so. take a look at the link. it is actually a creatism website trying to debunk evolution, and spewing out some weird 'facts' ...dinosaurs and man living together, the acropolis and sphinx apparently being copied from 'kublai khan's temple' (in nevada!) mongolians fighting...

So? The pod is over 600 yrs before the inquisition. In this tl there may not be an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope, and the catholics may not have fear, surprise or ruthless efficiency as their weapons. Just because one expects the spanish inquisition doesn't mean it's gonna happen. ;)

wow, I take it then that Vijaya engineers have made combustion engines and developed cars (or rather, rathas). Which fuel did they use? And if von dresky has one does that mean they are being exported to europe? Looks like Vijaya is certainly a future 1st world power...

i'm finding this to be a very interesting and unique tl. chapter iii probably needs to be fleshed out a little bit. it does seem a little asb, but not entirely implausible. were there revolutionary thoughts in sao paolo at the time? you're a good writer so more details on how the high seas...

Just because she bears a son does not mean that Louis will stay with her. They may divorce anyway, he may try to send her to a convent or something. I think her son will inherit her lands regardless, plus Louis' domains. France may be a strong, centralized nation much sooner in its' history...

um, what? humans are genetically programmed to be racist? or are you speaking for yourself?