• toynbee@piefed.social
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    5 hours ago

    When I was a kid, I used to live near places called Sussex and Essex.

    I never encountered Nussex nor Wessex and that troubles me.

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      Wessex was a kingdom in Britain. And it’s an area of London. There is also Middlesex as well. But I can’t find a norssex.

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        Sure, I get all that, but I didn’t grow up in that area. I grew up near other direction-sexes.

        South doesn’t start with “Su,” so I assume North-sex (in this context) wouldn’t start with “Nor.” In fact, I looked this up and found this interesting article, which is perhaps not academically correct (I don’t know) but shows that my reasoning is not isolated.