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margejustmight | 14:03 Sun 10th Jul 2011 | Quizzes & Puzzles
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member of a germanic tribe which settled in britain MoS 9/7/11

Anglo or Angle - many thanks
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Definitely Angle.
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Thanks Bimbo and Bookbinder
Glad I could help.
you're welcome....incidentally, Anglo is normally linked with Saxon. You have made me curious now. I will post a question to see if anyone knows why we say Anglo-Saxon rather than Angle-Saxon...
bimbo123456: Anglo is a prefix, whereas Angle is a noun. Anglo means 'of England; of the English', so Anglo-Saxon means 'a member of a West Germanic people who settled in Britain.' A similar construction can be seen in Anglo-Indian; Russo-Japanese war; Italo-American. So, it would not be grammatically correct to say 'Angle-Saxon'. That is mixing up two nouns.
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Further to my earlier answer: St. Augustine saw 2 fairhaired young boys and was told that they were Angles. He said no they are angels.

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