Hmmm...just seems easier to say Viking than it does to say, "A mix of Scandinavian raiders who landed where there weren't enough thistles to slow them down and Scotswomen who couldn't run quite fast enough...or liked these big boys from the sea."

Guess its kinda like Dine' is proper for what folks call Navajo but Navajo has been in use so long that the Navajo Nation calls itself that even though the word Navajo isn't particularly nice in its original sense of use...

Sorry, don't mean to sidetrack the thread. Have a three generation pic of my great grandfather, grandfather, and uncle that I treasure...know you'll treasure that pic too.

Ron