2006-09-18 20:25:38 · 16 answers · asked by paul c 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
Cos it would sound strange if we said northsex lol...think of the sex lmfao..
2006-09-18 20:28:23 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 5⤋
It was the Kingdom of Mercia that covered the area that might have been "Norsex" (today's Midlands). Mercia was founded by Angles, rather than Saxons. The Angles (who came mainly from the Schleswig-Holstein area of Denmark) are believed to have occupied the region, by moving in via the Wash and the River Welland. The Battle of Fehtan Leag (near Oxford) in 584 helped secure their dominance there. The Saxon tribes to the south and east of Mercia founded their own kingdoms according to the remaining geography - so Wessex for the Saxons in the west, Essex for those to the east, and Sussex for those further south (plus the short-lived Middlesex for the Saxons in the middle). A lot of history from this time is speculation based on place names and what archaeological evidence exists, because there is no contemporary written account. The website below has a lot of interesting details about the history of Mercia.
2006-09-18 21:38:32 · answer #2 · answered by ♫ Rum Rhythms ♫ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not really an original question, a search on Google for Norsex finds several ones - with the interesting addition of Middlesex.
Anyways, the Norwegians have come up with an answer: the NORwegian Remote Sensing EXperiment, in short: NORSEX
Also Norsex apparently is a name in some books...
2006-09-18 20:42:14 · answer #3 · answered by Walter W. Krijthe 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
First show me Wessex on a map, then why have we no Cumberland, nor Northumberland, or any thing like it in the south
2006-09-18 20:43:14 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because here be dragons!
I believe that Cordelia was offered the wastelands north of Watford but delclined.
2006-09-18 21:14:15 · answer #5 · answered by Clive 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because in the east, west and south they have sex whereas in the north they folk (pronounced as in Northfolk).
2006-09-18 21:34:01 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
probably because the north side are not that fussed really but maybe northex could be a sugestion for you to ponder on
2006-09-18 21:06:16 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because its grim up North!
2006-09-18 20:35:05 · answer #8 · answered by draytondon 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If there was a Nussex (or similar), would that mean that right in the middle would be SEX? Or is that Middlesex?
2006-09-18 20:42:33 · answer #9 · answered by wally_zebon 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I vote for Yessex
2006-09-18 20:28:00 · answer #10 · answered by thrag 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Could be Nosex but who would want to live there?
2006-09-18 20:34:31 · answer #11 · answered by stevoledevo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋