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    Quote Originally Posted by Spino
    As far as the Scots are concerned pikes should not come too late in the game. The Scots were using the schiltron formation in the late 13th century, more than 200 years before the period represented in MTW2 ends (mid 1500s). Flemish militia also used pikes versus the French at the battle of Courtrai (aka the Battle of Golden Spurs) which took place in 1302.

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    Quote Originally Posted by hoetje
    VLAANDEREN DEN LEEUW!!!!!
    Uh... gesundheit?


    LMAO! Just kidding...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Spino
    Uh... gesundheit?


    LMAO! Just kidding...
    DON'T confuse the Flemish with the Germans! Looks like all Americans have trouble with it,so here,to point it out again :

    FLANDERS IS NOT DEUTSCHLAND

    (not that I have anything against germans)
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    Aye It's The Netherlands, Isn't it? ;)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Maizel
    Aye It's The Netherlands, Isn't it? ;)

    hehe don't mock me :( :P
    Flanders=belgium
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    K pest je maar wat =P


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    Quote Originally Posted by Maizel
    K pest je maar wat =P


    All good, all good
    Doesn't matter,at least I have the admins on whose shoulders I can cry ^^ =P
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    Quote Originally Posted by hoetje
    DON'T confuse the Flemish with the Germans! Looks like all Americans have trouble with it,so here,to point it out again :

    FLANDERS IS NOT DEUTSCHLAND

    (not that I have anything against germans)


    C'mon now... I KNOW Flanders is not Germany. I KNOW gesundheit is German for bless you! Had I simply written 'bless you' or maybe even 'yassou' (a word heard and used frequently throughout my life) I think the intended effect to illicit a laugh might have been lost. I also happen to LIKE the word gesundheit!

    Now that this thread is threatening to careen off the tracks and smash into oncoming traffic I wonder how strongly your average Scot would object to being confused with a person of the Flemish persuasion?!?
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    I hear that "Highland Caber Throwers" (fabulously kilted and be-sporraned of course) are on the menu this time round, with a special 'eat haggis' ability that enables them to throw a super large caber once per battle. Very useful when dealing with those cannon elephants...
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    someone made the point that the difference was all in the english/welsh use of massed "shower" fire from longbows, and that the longbow as such wasnt unique to the british isles: good point.

    regarding my previous claim of the longbows scandinavian roots, you should google longbow, scandinavian and vikings, its interesting reading.

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