Arthur, Robin, or both?
May. 16th, 2006 11:34 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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fjm visited us the other day, we had a conversation about which legendary British figure one feels most drawn to - King Arthur, or Robin Hood? There seems to be a bit of a divide in that Americans tend to prefer Arthur (noble, gallant, kingly?) whereas the Brits have a penchant for Robin (outlaw, dodgy, but still noble, gallant etc). We thought this was too simplistic a distinction, but now I'm interested. Hence, this LJ's first poll:
[Poll #729865]
fjm visited us the other day, we had a conversation about which legendary British figure one feels most drawn to - King Arthur, or Robin Hood? There seems to be a bit of a divide in that Americans tend to prefer Arthur (noble, gallant, kingly?) whereas the Brits have a penchant for Robin (outlaw, dodgy, but still noble, gallant etc). We thought this was too simplistic a distinction, but now I'm interested. Hence, this LJ's first poll: [Poll #729865]
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Date: 2006-05-16 08:34 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-05-16 10:36 am (UTC)Actually, both are held to be 'sleeping Lords' or guardians of the land. Given Mr Blair's efforts, I'm going to be going on a quest for underhill any day soon and see if I can wake up someone who might be prepared to do the job properly....
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Date: 2006-05-16 10:53 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-05-17 02:29 am (UTC)