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" ...
Actually that’s pronounced ‘Lorry Park’
They've got Kentergy!
Sus sex 🤨
random tentacles appear
Kinky
Obviously no sex in Kent.
Thank you Sonic the Hedgehog for your opinion 👍
There is no sex cuz you 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!
I'll be honest, those Angles sound quite obtuse!
Because nobody can understand what they're talking about in the North.
It got rebranded to Mercia 8)
Nosex is missing
No, it’s what you are having.
Nosex for dinner again?
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
All I know is I'm a right proper Kent
Ok, Kent is the 5th "sex." What pronouns do Kents prefer?
Kent is surrounded by sex.
Kentsex
Kent's been always the weirdo...
Kent's into some sick shit, we don't associate with him.
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.
🎶"I'm just Kent!"🎵
Well, I Kent explain this
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