Re[9]: [tied] Gemination in Celtic

At 9:33:22 PM on Tuesday, April 1, 2008, Rick McCallister
wrote:

> --- "Brian M. Scott" <BMScott@...> wrote:

[...]

>> I didn't say that it was; the 'Norman' invaders were by
>> no means homogeneous in origin, [...]

> How were they not homogenous? On the genealogical trees,
> Rollo/Hrolf and his crew all seem to come from Orkney and
> before that from W. Norway.

What has Rollo got to do with it? William brought Normans,
Picards, Bretons, and I don't know what all. (Not that we
actually know much about Rollo: we don't even know what his
name was. See Rob Helmerichs, 'Rollo as Historical Figure',
which is online at
<http://ice.mm.com/user/rob/Rollo/HistoricalRollo.html>.

Brian