Ah yes the mysterious 5th gender "Kent"
this post was submitted on 27 Jul 2023
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I believe it's pronounced "Künt" ...
They've got Kentergy!
Actually that’s pronounced ‘Lorry Park’
Sus sex 🤨
random tentacles appear
Nosex is missing
No, it’s what you are having.
Nosex for dinner again?
That's located in your mother's basement, along with yourself
I, uhh, wish it was missing.
Well they could've had northsex, but it was too cold.
Well there is Norfolk
Norfuck
That’s Wales
That’s pronounced “Kent”
West-sex wessex
South-sex sussex
East-sex essex but no
North-sex Nossex?
Essex comes from Old English Eastseaxan, literally "East Saxons". In other words, this is the part of England that was invaded/settled by the Saxons and they divided their lands into east, south and west regions, plus a middle region (middle Saxons, modern-day Middlesex).
There's no Norsex because at that time the lands to north of Saxon territory were held by the Angles. They also divided themselves into East Angles, South Angles, etc., but those names don't seem to have survived into the modern day. Interestingly though, the Kingdom of East Anglia was divided into "North Folk" and "South Folk", which is the origin of the modern-day names for Norfolk and Suffolk.
If you've heard of the Anglo-Saxons, yeah, that's these guys, the Angles and the Saxons. The Angles came from parts of modern-day Denmark, the Saxons from parts of modern-day northern Germany. They shared a lot of common Germanic culture but were also rivals.
I had no idea! Thank you for the great explanation.
To be honest, I didn't either but I wanted to know where all these names come from. So I did some Googling and that's what I found. Apologies if I've mangled anything, but I think I got the broad strokes right. Etymology (the study of the origin and evolution of words) is neat!
Sorry, I Kent
Kent's been always the weirdo...
Kent's into some sick shit, we don't associate with him.
Always running into phone booths whenever there's trouble. What does he do in there?
Obviously no sex in Kent.
Well, I Kent explain this
I laughed at Kent.
When you stop in the middlesex to wonder wtf is up with kent.
That is a deliciously terrifying username.
Just make sure to wear goggles.
It’d be a cat VI And still no one in Louisiana would leave.
🎶"I'm just Kent!"🎵
it's in the gay
Oh fuck. Which one is Irish? Actually, which one is American, but I like to say I'm Iriish because reasons?