tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758649432241863530.post4175906776950791722..comments2024-03-25T20:43:33.067+00:00Comments on A Clerk of Oxford: The Story of Cnut and the WavesClerk of Oxfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08919708325900229717noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758649432241863530.post-68886778644347312772015-11-14T12:14:01.354+00:002015-11-14T12:14:01.354+00:00Being a pedant, I get annoyed when people tell the...Being a pedant, I get annoyed when people tell the 'holding back the waves' story as a demonstration of Knut's arrogance. Thanks for this in-depth postAnnie Whiteheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11028691371545306450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758649432241863530.post-75819287096937915082015-11-12T17:26:07.991+00:002015-11-12T17:26:07.991+00:00I was just talking about this with my other half. ...I was just talking about this with my other half. Really enjoyable - thank you!Jane Setterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08213725380324824711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758649432241863530.post-45724163919840097632014-11-12T12:44:18.927+00:002014-11-12T12:44:18.927+00:00Love this analysis with it's debunking of popu...Love this analysis with it's debunking of popular usage. I used to work in Canute Court in Knutsford. <br /><br />Knutsford in Cheshire, named after the fording of a stream by Cnut. The stream is small now but runs, unguarded, alongside a road and the unwary could still easily ditch their car in it.<br /><br />The connection was in danger of being obscured by Elizabethan maps which rendered Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09470015976091296734noreply@blogger.com