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How did English people in the Medieval and Early Modern period view speakers of Celtic languages in Britain and Ireland? Did they recognise that those people and languages were more "indigenous" to Britain and what did they think about that fact?

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There are hundreds of thousands of Irish travellers who live in England but speak with Irish accents. Have most Irish traveller communities emigrated from Ireland relatively recently, or are they several generations removed from their Irish origins?

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During the height of the viking settlement of Britain, roughly what proportion of people living in Britain would have been Norse speakers?

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Is Putin's idea of "de-Nazification" a reference to "de-Stalinization"? What is the history of these terms and how are they related?

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How did English people in the Medieval and Early Modern period view speakers of Celtic languages in Britain and Ireland? Did they recognise that those people and languages were more "indigenous" to Britain and what did they think about that fact?	33
There are hundreds of thousands of Irish travellers who live in England but speak with Irish accents. Have most Irish traveller communities emigrated from Ireland relatively recently, or are they several generations removed from their Irish origins?	27
During the height of the viking settlement of Britain, roughly what proportion of people living in Britain would have been Norse speakers?	16
Is Putin's idea of "de-Nazification" a reference to "de-Stalinization"? What is the history of these terms and how are they related?	1