Reported, because … WTF.
Crap, I already subscribed to his newsletter.
Don’t report it, I think it’s highly entertaining!
Why are the French called ‘Frogs’?
You ask most Englishmen (or women) and the likely answer would be because they like to eat the legs of frogs. It doesn’t sound very convincing to me but, as far as I know, there’s never been a voluminous disagreement from the French so the moniker has stuck, even though frogs aren’t particularly ‘cute’ or friendly. The same with the return of ‘Le rosbif’; it’s a large, slow, dumb animal that farts a lot but is rather useful when dead. Why should the British/French accept the portraits? It’s small fry in comparison with the history between the two countries.
Yes, I am a bit of a Francophile
“The French” in the 6th Century?
I don’t think France was called France back then, was it?
The only stuff I saw in my google images was the fleur de lis in triplicate.
my bad 16th centuary typo
Clovis 1st or Chlodowech (Latin Chlodovechus), was the first king of the Franks to unite all of the Frankish tribes under one ruler, changing the form of leadership from a group of royal chieftains to rule by a single king and ensuring that the kingship was passed down to his heirs. He was also the first Christian king to rule Gaul, known today as France.
Clovis was the son of Childeric I, a Merovingian king of the Salian Franks, and Basina, Queen of Thuringia. He succeeded his father in 481, at the age of fifteen.[2] He is considered the founder of the Merovingian dynasty, which ruled the Franks for the next two centuries.
18 french kings came from clovis the 1st and this was his shield
http://thetalkingpot.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/clovis-shield.jpg
Obviously the French breaded the frogs in fleur before pan-frying their legs. It all comes together.
No, it wasn’t. There weren’t any coat of arms at this time, either (FTR, the coat of arms of Paris depicts a ship). It’s nonsense like the rest of the post you’re refering to, obviously.
And the original question has been correctly answered, I guess, by Tomndebb 13 years ago, with his cite about “frog” being a general insult applied to a variety of people.
I too believed it was because of the frog’s legs.
Alot of people say that its because they eat frogs, has anyone considered why ? why would france or gaul or gallia way back before even christ use frogs as their symbols and why three. Frogs because they were apparent in the region as people know of france and its muddy marshes from whence frogs come from… correct? Three because near the end of the 5th century, the Franks (a Germanic civilization), headed by King Clovis, overtook the Romans and conquered the land which was eventually divided into** three parts**, the western part being “Francia”, which means “country of the Franks”).
Around 1000 A.D., the first French speaking king, Francien, demanded that the ruling class use French, a graduated form of Latin which had evolved through years of dialects, as the official language.
That too is entirely wrong. Evidence that frogs were used as a symbol back then?
Gaul wasn’t particularly known for its marshes (even though part of Paris was build over drained marshes, indeed. But Paris at this time covered the central island and part of the south bank of the Seine, and the marshes were on the other side).
The Franks originally were Foederati, not conquerors. Clovis did conquer most of Gaul, but the only “Romans :rolleyes:” left were in the the kingdom of Syagrius. I don’t know what “three parts” you’re refering too, either. The kingdom of the Franks was divided in many ways over the centuries (For instance Neustria, Austrasia, Aquitaine, Bourgogne, Britania Minor…)
You see i thought we looked beyond the surface on subjects here? not just seeing things as the rest of populous…trust me if you look into it the reasoning of the frog term which was used to describe the french during many battles by the french was because the french used it as there symbol if you look closely on the image linked below you will see a shield of the english lion and then a french shield with three frogs on it … look into it a bit more i thought we where fighting ignorance not sercuming to it?
Why are the French called “frogs”? I’ve given this a lot of thought over the years and have narrowed the definitive answer down to two choices: !) They are small and slimy; or 2) They eat frogs’ legs. The jury is still out, but I think Occam’s razor dictates choice #1.
Your own cite says the imaginary arms of Satan with three frogs what does it have to do with the French, let alone the Franks?
funny to even hollywood can put it on its props and they don’t have a good track record for having correct history in there plots mapped out. But if you see the movie timeline which was a silly movie with paul walker in it flashing back in time to see the battle of castleguard with the french liberating a french castle taken buy the british. This is a fictional war fabricated by director but if you see the french captain had a shield with three frogs clearly on it. I freeze framed it. If hollywood can get it …well
According to the Bible, what is the derogatory term I should be using for Panamanians?
what did the french do to the catholic church? they cast them out what did napolean do ?
he said i have seen all manner of war but what i seen in the dungeons of the cathlic church no man should see and he took the lands away from the catholic church which they owned 1 fith of france during this time and he cast them into their??? dungeons!!!in there own device of torture, and he gave the lands back to the people. This has happened in repeated times in french history. The pope and his system and its many daughters are the churches of this world being 666 the beast.
Well, what?
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Ah, I see. Never mind then.
Look i work for a company that produces prospectus for companies floating on the stock exchange. the level of harrasement and detail investors go to get the truth is staggering when they want to be sure they are investing their hard earned money and time in to something they want to be sure…
how sure are you have you looked and studied ? honestly look it up i think you will very surprised.
Is this some sort of elaborate spam?
Clearly, more than you have.
We did, you’re wrong. This isn’t rocket science.