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Why did people in the southeast of Scotland end up identifying as Scottish rather than English, as the area used to be part of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Northumbria?

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Why were the Anglo-Saxons one of the only Germanic groups who didn’t assimilate into the cultures they conquered?

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Are the non-rhotic accents of New England the result of people from Norfolk and Suffolk in England settling in the area during the colonial period?

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Why did people in the southeast of Scotland end up identifying as Scottish rather than English, as the area used to be part of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Northumbria?	930
Why were the Anglo-Saxons one of the only Germanic groups who didn’t assimilate into the cultures they conquered?	18
Are the non-rhotic accents of New England the result of people from Norfolk and Suffolk in England settling in the area during the colonial period?	12