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[–] Lemjukes@lemm.ee 169 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Ah yes the mysterious 5th gender "Kent"

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemmy.zip 23 points 1 year ago

I believe it's pronounced "Künt" ...

[–] Casmael@geddit.social 12 points 1 year ago

Actually that’s pronounced ‘Lorry Park’

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 year ago

They've got Kentergy!

[–] Dasnap@lemmy.world 101 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] drill_and_grill@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 20 points 1 year ago

Put either \ or 2 spaces at the end of each line

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[–] SonicBlue03@sh.itjust.works 36 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] Alt_exxxolotl@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago

Thank you Sonic the Hedgehog for your opinion 👍

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 5 points 1 year ago

There is no sex cuz you Kent

[–] Ricaz@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago (5 children)
[–] nightwatch_admin@feddit.nl 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No, it’s what you are having.

[–] Sharkwellington@lemmy.one 13 points 1 year ago

Nosex for dinner again?

[–] KeyserSoze61@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I, uhh, wish it was missing.

[–] bongus_urongus@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well they could've had northsex, but it was too cold.

[–] Metans@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] paddirn@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago
[–] empireOfLove@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

That's located in your mother's basement, along with yourself

[–] AshLassay@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

That’s Wales

[–] PaupersSerenade@beehaw.org 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

All I know is I'm a right proper Kent

[–] Sharpiemarker@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago

Ok, Kent is the 5th "sex." What pronouns do Kents prefer?

[–] fsniper@kbin.social 22 points 1 year ago (3 children)

West-sex wessex
South-sex sussex
East-sex essex but no
North-sex Nossex?

[–] CountVon@sh.itjust.works 37 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Essex comes from Old English Eastseaxan, literally "East Saxons". In other words, this is the part of England that was invaded/settled by the Saxons and they divided their lands into east, south and west regions, plus a middle region (middle Saxons, modern-day Middlesex).

There's no Norsex because at that time the lands to north of Saxon territory were held by the Angles. They also divided themselves into East Angles, South Angles, etc., but those names don't seem to have survived into the modern day. Interestingly though, the Kingdom of East Anglia was divided into "North Folk" and "South Folk", which is the origin of the modern-day names for Norfolk and Suffolk.

If you've heard of the Anglo-Saxons, yeah, that's these guys, the Angles and the Saxons. The Angles came from parts of modern-day Denmark, the Saxons from parts of modern-day northern Germany. They shared a lot of common Germanic culture but were also rivals.

[–] fsniper@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I had no idea! Thank you for the great explanation.

[–] CountVon@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago

To be honest, I didn't either but I wanted to know where all these names come from. So I did some Googling and that's what I found. Apologies if I've mangled anything, but I think I got the broad strokes right. Etymology (the study of the origin and evolution of words) is neat!

I'll be honest, those Angles sound quite obtuse!

[–] gerdesj@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

It got rebranded to Mercia 8)

[–] Haus@startrek.website 1 points 1 year ago

Because nobody can understand what they're talking about in the North.

[–] noorderling@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

Sorry, I Kent

[–] Potato_in_my_anus@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Kent's been always the weirdo...

Always running into phone booths whenever there's trouble. What does he do in there?

[–] UnverifiedAPK@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Kent's into some sick shit, we don't associate with him.

[–] Beryl@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Well, I Kent explain this

[–] DaveNa@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

I laughed at Kent.

[–] HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.one 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

When you stop in the middlesex to wonder wtf is up with kent.

[–] JustAManOnAToilet@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That is a deliciously terrifying username.

[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just make sure to wear goggles.

[–] HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

Gotta say time squirrel is a fantastic username. Thoughts of wacky romps run through my head.

[–] HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.one 3 points 1 year ago

It’d be a cat VI And still no one in Louisiana would leave.

[–] jasondj@ttrpg.network 5 points 1 year ago

One of these is a county in RI (Kent) and two of these are counties in MA (Essex and Middlesex). There’s also two other MA counties from the Anglo territories north of this map (Norfolk and Suffolk).

[–] BeigeAgenda@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

Kent is surrounded by sex.

[–] interolivary@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

I'm sus sex

[–] wabafee@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago
[–] callyral@readit.buzz 1 points 1 year ago

it's in the gay

[–] CassowaryTom@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

Oh fuck. Which one is Irish? Actually, which one is American, but I like to say I'm Iriish because reasons?

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