"You're doing it wrong"Chthonic confesses: "Only last year did I discover why the lids of things in tubes have a recessed pointy bit built into them." Tell us about the facepalm moment when you realised you were doing something wrong.
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 15 Jul 2010, 13:23)
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"Kirk" is an old Norse word for churchMuch of Scotland and the Isle of Man came under Danish, and later Norwegian, rule from the 8th century up until the mid-13th century. The word "kirk" was just absorbed into the Gaelic language, and that's why places like Selkirk and Falkirk are so named. At the time the Fylde coast and the area to the north of Liverpool was mostly uninhabited, until a load of vikings settled there. The Wirral peninsula is also named for the old Norse name.
I don't know if Dunkirk is also named for the Norse word (the Norse did make huge inroads in Normandy - that's actually why it's called Normandy) but it sounds like it should be.
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