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What A Viking's Smile Revealed
New Scientist ^ | 1-7-2006

Posted on 01/08/2006 2:12:41 PM PST by blam

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To: AnAmericanMother

"The Motel of the Mysteries"

Hilarious book, but so true! I had an archeologist tell me once that they operate in the realm of guess and speculation, not always provable fact.


21 posted on 01/08/2006 3:36:36 PM PST by kalee
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To: Rudder
Or, it could be analogous the Hell's Angel's "Red Wings" patches on their jackets.

Make that “Hells Angels” – not “Hell's Angel's” – and “colors”, not “jackets”. I can’t really see how the act denoted by the red wings would result in grooved teeth.
22 posted on 01/08/2006 3:37:57 PM PST by R. Scott (Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink.)
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To: blam
I thought that Vikings were scarred on their front teeth as a natural job injury from their no-hands, acrobatic, waterskiing maneuvers.


23 posted on 01/08/2006 3:39:28 PM PST by Cvengr (<;^))
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To: ASA Vet
How would a MC Club respond if you referred to their "colors" as a jacket in their presence?

Good point. LOL!

But my Norton can outrun their Hogs.(Once I get it started)

24 posted on 01/08/2006 3:47:49 PM PST by Rudder
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To: blam

I was going to guess proto-English dentistry.


25 posted on 01/08/2006 3:48:44 PM PST by RichInOC ("Yeah, baby, yeah!")
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To: Rudder
Vikings take their colors seriously, ... and they don't ride no stinkin' hogs, neither!;^)


26 posted on 01/08/2006 3:53:15 PM PST by Cvengr (<;^))
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To: R. Scott

I don't have grooved teeth.


27 posted on 01/08/2006 3:53:48 PM PST by ASA Vet (Those who know don't talk, those who talk don't know.)
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To: RichInOC

Marks left by loose braces due to poor quality early orthodontics.


28 posted on 01/08/2006 3:55:25 PM PST by Right Wing Assault ("..this administration is planning a 'Right Wing Assault' on values and ideals.." - John Kerry)
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To: ASA Vet

Me neither - but then again, my teeth rest in a cup.


29 posted on 01/08/2006 3:55:50 PM PST by R. Scott (Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink.)
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To: Caramelgal
"I come from a long line of Norwegian red-heads - where do you think the Irish got their red hair from?"

The incidence of red-hair in Libya is the same as that in Ireland.

30 posted on 01/08/2006 3:59:51 PM PST by blam
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To: R. Scott

Red wings most definitely does NOT cause grooved teeth. LOL


31 posted on 01/08/2006 4:02:53 PM PST by packrat35 (The America hating bastards at the NYT must spend their entire life with their heads in the toilet)
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To: ASA Vet
"where do you think the Irish got their red hair from?"

" From Neandertals, same as all red heads."

Red-Heads 'Are Neanderthal'

32 posted on 01/08/2006 4:05:44 PM PST by blam
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To: Cvengr
Holy Mackerel!!Is their a porpoise for that?
33 posted on 01/08/2006 4:11:41 PM PST by Rudder
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To: packrat35
Red wings most definitely does NOT cause grooved teeth. LOL

I dunno...maybe Vagina dentata was prevalent then.

34 posted on 01/08/2006 4:18:06 PM PST by Rudder
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To: blam

Exactly


35 posted on 01/08/2006 4:19:34 PM PST by ASA Vet (Those who know don't talk, those who talk don't know.)
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To: blam

Yes, but what does a Viking Kitty's smile reveal?


36 posted on 01/08/2006 4:56:30 PM PST by Francis McClobber
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To: blam

Might have been a mark of membership in the Berserkers.


37 posted on 01/08/2006 5:00:34 PM PST by wildbill
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To: blam

Looks like toothbrush abrasion from ultra-stiff bristles of the time. Alas,that makes the advice of soft toothbrushes centuries, not decades old.


38 posted on 01/08/2006 5:33:20 PM PST by dersepp (I Am A Militia Of One)
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To: elcid1970
Skraling may be an anglicized form. I did an Internet search using "eric the red Skralings" and the first 5 or so results were Skraling.

I checked an online icelandic dictionary at:
http://www.zece.com/icelandic/?a=sh&le=s
Gives the definition as:
skrælingi n. m. barbarian, eskimo (-ja, -jar)

Note that in Icelandic and old english AE is a single letter, Ash. We would probly translate at the letter A.

Since the the modern Icelandic definition comes 10 centuries later, I checked several on-line English Norse dictionary. the only entry I found gave "Armr" (Cf German arme, poor, wretched).

I suspect that the definition "wretch" was one I learned from reading the introduction to a translated saga. (probably published by Penguin.) I would keep keep searching for the on-line Norse but I already see that I have spent too much time on this little search.
39 posted on 01/08/2006 5:40:28 PM PST by Pete from Shawnee Mission (In Old Norse Lassie meant unmarried girl, and Husband meant master of the house.)
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To: Pete from Shawnee Mission

Thank you for your research. I've been wondering since the fourth grade (yes, that's when I first heard of Leif Ericson and Vinland), just why did the Vikings quit Vinland? They could handle the skraelings. Was it a matter of logistics?


40 posted on 01/08/2006 5:50:24 PM PST by elcid1970
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