He didn't do his history homework,

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He didn't do his history homework,

ER — 8/10/2007 7:43:30 PM (archived)

In those days, after the Conquest, Norman French was spoken on both sides of the Channel by the aristocracy and the knights, and English didn't even exist as a language. The time travelers would have been incapable of communicating with the locals.

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If you could go back in time - Jody - 8/9/2007 3:17:45 PM
- The Sixties?? - Lindy - 8/12/2007 3:48:16 PM
  - A journal of the plague years - ER - 8/12/2007 7:10:27 PM
    - Social Revolutions - Lindy - 8/12/2007 7:20:09 PM
      - Here's one for you ER - Lindy - 8/12/2007 7:46:02 PM
        
        Is that Alan Ginsburg in the background? (n/t) - ER - 8/13/2007 2:08:48 AM
        
        re: Is that Alan Ginsburg in the background? - Lindy - 8/13/2007 4:51:27 AM
  - but would I remember them this time? (n/t) - azstrummer - 8/12/2007 5:31:02 PM
- The past- nice place to visit, but I wouldnt want to live there... - R.L. - 8/11/2007 10:41:17 PM
  - I doubt our modern noses could handle the literal stink of the past. - REB - 8/13/2007 1:28:14 PM
- my youth - azstrummer - 8/11/2007 8:31:55 PM
  - Up the line - ER - 8/13/2007 2:28:27 PM
    - "Temporal linearity" - Lindy - 8/13/2007 4:08:59 PM
      - Just because a sunrise at sea doesn't mean anything doesn't mean it can't be beautiful. - ER - 8/13/2007 5:40:00 PM
- If...what's this 'if' nonsense ;-) - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/11/2007 6:55:59 PM
  - Remember "The Traveller"?...on Star Trek:TNG - Jody - 8/14/2007 4:44:31 AM
- Depends - FrankC - 8/11/2007 4:59:45 AM
  - I have it on good authority - Eri - 8/11/2007 3:57:13 PM
    - That's why I want to take the gold :) - FrankC - 8/11/2007 6:04:43 PM
- Looking for Time Travelers - REB - 8/10/2007 1:54:11 PM
  - re: Looking for Time Travelers - Eri - 8/11/2007 4:01:23 PM
  - The physics argues against time travel and Faster than Light travel for many reasons- the two topics are very linked - R.L. - 8/10/2007 8:49:20 PM
    - If the Universe splits that much - Eri - 8/11/2007 4:04:58 PM
    - FTL, time travel and..religion, have something in common - Raoul - 8/10/2007 9:05:05 PM
      - Absolutely.... - R.L. - 8/10/2007 11:12:26 PM
  - There was a movie, called 'The Grand Tour' - R.L. - 8/10/2007 7:43:10 PM
    - re: There was a movie, called 'The Grand Tour' - REB - 8/10/2007 8:05:03 PM
      - Fascinating - Eri - 8/11/2007 6:05:24 PM
        
        re: Fascinating - REB - 8/13/2007 12:57:18 PM
  - 'Thrice Upon a Time' by James P. Hogan is quite good... - R.L. - 8/10/2007 7:00:40 PM
    - On the opposite end of the spectrum.... - R.L. - 8/10/2007 7:14:36 PM
      - re: On the opposite end of the spectrum.... - Eri - 8/11/2007 6:36:52 PM
      - He didn't do his history homework, - ER - 8/10/2007 7:43:30 PM
        
        I am not a history buff, but there were too many errors to count in that plot - R.L. - 8/10/2007 7:54:45 PM
        
        I should write such a lousy book as Andromeda Strain - Eri - 8/11/2007 6:41:44 PM
        
        "but the ending was a bit of a cop-out. " - R.L. - 8/11/2007 10:04:15 PM
        
        Congo was a joke - Eri - 8/12/2007 12:22:28 AM
      - LOL (n/t) - Jody - 8/10/2007 7:32:40 PM
  - In A. C. Clarke's "light of other days".... - R.L. - 8/10/2007 6:46:19 PM
    - re: In A. C. Clarke's "light of other days".... - Eri - 8/11/2007 6:50:28 PM
    - New TWILIGHT ZONE Episode - carl - 8/10/2007 6:50:20 PM
  - Before you start writing... - ER - 8/10/2007 5:52:35 PM
    - How'd I miss that one? - Eri - 8/11/2007 6:57:03 PM
      - He sci-fi's Phillip Roth - ER - 8/11/2007 7:23:38 PM
        
        Thanks! I've printed out the list - Eri - 8/12/2007 12:24:27 AM
  - I always thought - Jody - 8/10/2007 4:29:13 PM
  - The big problem escaping most SF writers about Time Travel.. - Raoul - 8/10/2007 2:32:25 PM
    - They got that part right in The Time Machine - Eri - 8/11/2007 6:59:34 PM
    - I thought of that once... - Fox - 8/10/2007 6:46:15 PM
      - and then along came the virus... - Eri - 8/11/2007 7:01:01 PM
    - Eutrophication aggravation and its implications to the bogosphere. - ER - 8/10/2007 6:13:43 PM
      - Sounds very much like where the Earth may be heading - Eri - 8/11/2007 7:05:15 PM
      - Clarke's book? Or Benford's... - Raoul - 8/10/2007 7:18:29 PM
        
        Probably Benford's. Thanks (n/t) - ER - 8/10/2007 7:55:58 PM
    - re: The big problem escaping most SF writers about Time Travel.. - REB - 8/10/2007 3:02:47 PM
      - Isn't that cheating? :-0 :-) (n/t) - Raoul - 8/10/2007 3:50:36 PM
        
        Nah, Artisitic License ......................... (Or ignorance/skipping of real science.) - RNE - 8/10/2007 4:52:53 PM
        
        LOL... but... - Eri - 8/11/2007 7:19:28 PM
- 1976.... - Raoul - 8/10/2007 1:53:19 PM
- re: If you could go back in time - SteveS - 8/10/2007 1:35:01 PM
  - Wow! Nice memories indeed. (n/t) - Eri - 8/11/2007 7:24:54 PM
  - What a romantic!!..Lucky woman!!! - Jody - 8/10/2007 4:25:35 PM
    - re:Lucky woman!!! - SteveS - 8/11/2007 1:18:06 PM
- Yesterday (lost my damn car keys) (n/t) - James Brown - 8/10/2007 3:52:55 AM
- Well, since you asked - Eri - 8/10/2007 3:37:30 AM
- Purely hedonistic. - RobVG - 8/10/2007 3:00:07 AM
  - God, I detest shoulder pads!!!!!! - Eri - 8/11/2007 7:27:42 PM
  - re: Purely hedonistic....well me, too! - Jody - 8/10/2007 4:11:49 AM
- re: If you could go back in time - gbaikie - 8/10/2007 12:54:09 AM
  - OK, another book for my list (n/t) - Eri - 8/11/2007 7:31:17 PM
- Jesus's "death" - azstrummer - 8/10/2007 12:08:24 AM
  - OOOH Guitar Man!! - Jody - 8/10/2007 1:57:44 AM
- re: If you could go back in time - REB - 8/9/2007 8:45:32 PM
- The BIG BANG - carl - 8/9/2007 6:12:27 PM
  - Hmm, your atoms wouldn't last long! (n/t) - Raoul - 8/10/2007 5:45:27 PM
- Time touring... - podrock - 8/9/2007 5:29:09 PM
  - re: Time touring - on Fast Forward - nick hoffman - 8/10/2007 7:15:33 PM
    - Fast rewind ... pause ... forward ... wait, go back! - podrock - 8/11/2007 10:07:12 PM
  - Just don't step on any butterflies - Fox - 8/10/2007 6:48:37 PM
    - Whel, Yu meyet beigh reyet, Awl beigh kair ful. (n/t) - pahdrx - 8/11/2007 9:33:28 PM
  - ...diving in a Cambrian Sea - ER - 8/9/2007 6:15:14 PM
    - now that's funny - podrock - 8/9/2007 7:07:14 PM
- With the requisite skills: - Fox - 8/9/2007 5:19:38 PM
  - Second choice - Fox - 8/10/2007 1:39:26 AM
    - re: Second choice - Eri - 8/11/2007 7:38:22 PM
- Just for a visit - RNE - 8/9/2007 5:04:41 PM
  - re: Just for a visit. - Good picks, RNE. - Marcia - 8/10/2007 9:19:19 PM
    - Well..... - RNE - 8/10/2007 10:25:57 PM
      - re: Well..... Thanks for reading, RNE. I agree. (n/t) - Marcia - 8/10/2007 10:29:08 PM
  - Edison NEVER WORKED too hard - carl - 8/10/2007 7:17:25 PM
  - Athens in the Golden Age - ER - 8/9/2007 5:14:48 PM
    - Hey ER, - podrock - 8/9/2007 5:21:01 PM
      - Quo Vadis? - ER - 8/9/2007 5:49:24 PM
        
        "Let all the poisons that lurk in the mud hatch out...." - podrock - 8/9/2007 6:54:09 PM
        
        Yes, it's on DVD - Fox - 8/10/2007 1:28:00 AM

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