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10 Jun, 4 tweets, 1 min read
Anglo-Saxons
Sometimes 'inhabitants of post-Roman lowland Britain,' or 'West Saxons', or 'Anglians,' or 'Mercians', or - post Athelstan - 'English' may indeed serve better. But 'Anglo-Saxons' is the most convenient & widely recognised term, so use it when & as necessary, without anxiety!
A thread on why I, certainly, have no qualms whatsoever about using the word 'Anglo-Saxons'.
Speaking as someone whose ancestors on my maternal side came from the Isle of Wight, agreed.

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No one better qualified to call out the scale of the looming scandal.
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