• phutatorius@lemmy.zip
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      4 months ago

      It all goes back to the Normans. Roger Face du Poubelle fought alongside William at Hastings but was rewarded with a title of Compte but no land. There are rumours that Poubelle was not ennobled at all, but William was misheard when he said (translating from Norman French) “That Poubelle geezer, he’s a right Compte.”

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      Well of course it isn’t, he’s not from the UK, he’s from Sigma IX!