r/kentuk

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County of Kent, England

r/kentuk

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r/kentuk - the sub-reddit for the Garden of England. A place to post photos, links, articles and discussions relating to Kent, UK.

A Man of Kent comes from the area to the east of the River Medway and a Kentish Man comes from the west of the river.

The division may have arisen when the Jutes, who settled in Thanet over 1,500 years ago, moved into the area we know as Kent, calling one part East Centingas and the other West Centingas.

A few hundred years later, it appears that the Men of Kent resisted William the Conqueror more stoutly than the Kentish Men, who weakly surrendered!

Afterwards, according to Alan Major in 'A New Discovery of Kent Dialect', the bravery of the Men of Kent made them proud while Kentish Men were believed to be weak-minded, and so a keen rivalry developed.

Today, Kentish Men and Men of Kent guard their birthright with great pride.

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