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[–] [email protected] 172 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Ah yes the mysterious 5th gender "Kent"

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 years ago

I believe it's pronounced "Künt" ...

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago

Actually that’s pronounced ‘Lorry Park’

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago

They've got Kentergy!

[–] [email protected] 103 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 years ago

Put either \ or 2 spaces at the end of each line

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

Thank you Sonic the Hedgehog for your opinion 👍

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

There is no sex cuz you Kent

[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 years ago (5 children)
[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 years ago (1 children)

No, it’s what you are having.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago

Nosex for dinner again?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I, uhh, wish it was missing.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Well they could've had northsex, but it was too cold.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

That's located in your mother's basement, along with yourself

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

That’s Wales

[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 years ago (1 children)

All I know is I'm a right proper Kent

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Ok, Kent is the 5th "sex." What pronouns do Kents prefer?

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 years ago (3 children)

West-sex wessex
South-sex sussex
East-sex essex but no
North-sex Nossex?

[–] [email protected] 37 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Essex comes from Old English Eastseaxan, literally "East Saxons". In other words, this is the part of England that was invaded/settled by the Saxons and they divided their lands into east, south and west regions, plus a middle region (middle Saxons, modern-day Middlesex).

There's no Norsex because at that time the lands to north of Saxon territory were held by the Angles. They also divided themselves into East Angles, South Angles, etc., but those names don't seem to have survived into the modern day. Interestingly though, the Kingdom of East Anglia was divided into "North Folk" and "South Folk", which is the origin of the modern-day names for Norfolk and Suffolk.

If you've heard of the Anglo-Saxons, yeah, that's these guys, the Angles and the Saxons. The Angles came from parts of modern-day Denmark, the Saxons from parts of modern-day northern Germany. They shared a lot of common Germanic culture but were also rivals.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I had no idea! Thank you for the great explanation.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago

To be honest, I didn't either but I wanted to know where all these names come from. So I did some Googling and that's what I found. Apologies if I've mangled anything, but I think I got the broad strokes right. Etymology (the study of the origin and evolution of words) is neat!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I'll be honest, those Angles sound quite obtuse!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

It got rebranded to Mercia 8)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Because nobody can understand what they're talking about in the North.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago

Sorry, I Kent

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Kent's been always the weirdo...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Kent's into some sick shit, we don't associate with him.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Always running into phone booths whenever there's trouble. What does he do in there?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

Well, I Kent explain this

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

When you stop in the middlesex to wonder wtf is up with kent.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

That is a deliciously terrifying username.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Just make sure to wear goggles.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Gotta say time squirrel is a fantastic username. Thoughts of wacky romps run through my head.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

It’d be a cat VI And still no one in Louisiana would leave.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

I laughed at Kent.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

One of these is a county in RI (Kent) and two of these are counties in MA (Essex and Middlesex). There’s also two other MA counties from the Anglo territories north of this map (Norfolk and Suffolk).

[–] BeigeAgenda 4 points 2 years ago

Kent is surrounded by sex.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I'm sus sex

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

🎶"I'm just Kent!"🎵

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Oh fuck. Which one is Irish? Actually, which one is American, but I like to say I'm Iriish because reasons?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

it's in the gay

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago
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