2007-08-09 10:15:34 · 4 answers · asked by ? 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
A Man of Kent comes from the area to the east of the River Medway and a Kentish Man comes from the west of the river. Pubs on either side of the divide have often adopted appropriate names. For example, there is a pub in East Peckham called 'The Man of Kent'...
The division may have arisen when the Jutes, who settled in Thanet over 1,500 years ago, moved into the area we know as Kent, calling one part East Centingas and the other West Centingas.
A few hundred years later, it appears that the Men of Kent resisted William the Conqueror more stoutly than the Kentish Men, who weakly surrendered!
Afterwards, according to Alan Major in 'A New Discovery of Kent Dialect', the bravery of the Men of Kent made them proud while Kentish Men were believed to be weak-minded, and so a keen rivalry developed.
Today, native-born Kentish Men and Men of Kent guard their birthright with great pride, and "foreigners" immigrating merely to take up residence are not normally or readily admitted to either clan.
2007-08-09 22:02:04 · answer #1 · answered by arabianbard 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
East of the River Medway, you're a Man/Maid of Kent; west and you're kentish. Simple, no?
2007-08-10 23:24:01 · answer #2 · answered by chris m 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on which side of the River Medway you are born. I cant remember which is which,. I should of course because my wife is either a maid or Kent or a Kentish maid
2007-08-09 10:22:31 · answer #3 · answered by Maid Angela 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One was born there and one lives there.
2007-08-09 13:27:57 · answer #4 · answered by Afi 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋