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Title: Domesday Book now available online
Post by: Tante Shvester on August 07, 2006, 02:53:56 PM
Domesday Book is now available online. (http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/domesday/)  Which is good, because I can never seem to find my hardbound copy when I need it.  
Title: Domesday Book now available online
Post by: Porter on August 07, 2006, 02:57:23 PM
Is that a parody of something?
Title: Domesday Book now available online
Post by: Jonathon on August 07, 2006, 03:04:05 PM
Apparently 2 percent of Britons surveyed believe Domesday Book to be a novel by Dan Brown. (http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/nwh_gfx_en/ART39090.html)
Title: Domesday Book now available online
Post by: Jonathon on August 07, 2006, 03:06:05 PM
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Is that a parody of something?
Nope. It was an extensive survey and census of England commissioned by William the Conquerer after he conquered England.
Title: Domesday Book now available online
Post by: Porter on August 07, 2006, 03:07:39 PM
Why is it called the doomsday book?
Title: Domesday Book now available online
Post by: Tante Shvester on August 07, 2006, 03:13:02 PM
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It was an extensive survey and census of England commissioned by William the Conquerer after he conquered England.
 Before he conquered England, he was known as just William.
Title: Domesday Book now available online
Post by: Porter on August 07, 2006, 03:16:17 PM
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It was an extensive survey and census of England commissioned by William the Conquerer after he conquered England.
 Before he conquered England, he was known as just William.
Actually, he was known as William the Bastard.

'Cuz he was.
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Post by: Jonathon on August 07, 2006, 03:22:09 PM
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Why is it called the doomsday book?
At the time doom meant "judgment." Here's what Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domesday_book) says:
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When the book took the name "Domesday" (Middle English spelling of Doomsday) in the 12th century, it was to emphasize its definitiveness and authority (the analogy refers to the Christian belief of a Last Judgment).
Title: Domesday Book now available online
Post by: Tante Shvester on August 07, 2006, 03:25:41 PM
Well then, I can understand why he'd want to go an do something like conquer England.  Leads to a niftier nick.
Title: Domesday Book now available online
Post by: JT on August 08, 2006, 06:44:44 AM
I can't see your avatar, Tante.
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Post by: Porter on August 08, 2006, 07:12:11 AM
Neither can I.
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Post by: Sheila on August 08, 2006, 07:56:09 AM
woah, in firefox i can't tell there's an image missing, but in ie (thanks to new extension) there's a red x.
Title: Domesday Book now available online
Post by: Sheila on August 08, 2006, 07:57:30 AM
aha, it's http://http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3...nnoodlesoup.jpg (http://http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y32/jtspang/chickennoodlesoup.jpg) instead of http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y32/jtspa...nnoodlesoup.jpg (http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y32/jtspang/chickennoodlesoup.jpg)
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Post by: JT on August 08, 2006, 08:43:33 AM
Huh.  I forgot I was hosting that av.  Cool.
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Post by: pooka on August 09, 2006, 09:43:49 PM
I read a book once where people lived in geodesic dooms.  

I guess this is one of them Great Vowel Shift dealies.  
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Post by: Tante Shvester on August 10, 2006, 06:15:26 PM
Avatar is fixed.  I'm chicken soup!  Famous for making you feel better.
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Post by: Teshi on August 13, 2006, 01:02:16 PM
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Domesday Book is now available online.

Well, for a price, like all online documents of value.

:angry:  
Title: Domesday Book now available online
Post by: Nighthawk on August 13, 2006, 01:10:31 PM
Hey, wait a minute... this book isn't Dianetics! What's going on?