What’s a bit funny is that the name of the Angles (the people) and angle (the shape) are directly related. Both come from an old word meaning “hook”, the Angles being a fishing people originally and an angle being the shape of a hook.
This is EXCELLENT news for the German dub of Monty Python’s Holy Grail where Arthur claims to have taught fishing (German “Angeln”) to the Saxons (“Sachsen”), making them Anglo-Saxons (“Angelsachsen”).
Angles?
Like all 360 of 'em?
No , all 6.283…
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What’s a bit funny is that the name of the Angles (the people) and angle (the shape) are directly related. Both come from an old word meaning “hook”, the Angles being a fishing people originally and an angle being the shape of a hook.
This is EXCELLENT news for the German dub of Monty Python’s Holy Grail where Arthur claims to have taught fishing (German “Angeln”) to the Saxons (“Sachsen”), making them Anglo-Saxons (“Angelsachsen”).
And that’s how we get the term anglers, angling? Never questioned the origin