Jelling and the beginnings of Bluetooth
Once when visiting our son, who as I've said before, lives in Jutland i.e. a part of Denmark to the south of Norway, he took us to a town 'Jelling ' where there was a rock - - a very large rock - - which nowadays in Denmark is generally known as Denmark's Birth Certificate. This rock is covered in Viking script, and it seems that in the year 965 A.D., after Harald Blatand, the son of the then King and Queen of southern Norway, had gathered all the various tribes of the area, together as one, under his control, Harald is said to have stood by the rock, placed his hand on it and said " Henceforth this land shall be known as Danmark". Or to us Brits, Denmark.
Now if we come forward one or two thousand years, the inventor of what we know today as 'Bluetooth' was puzzling over what to call his invention when he realised that like the beginning of Denmark, his invention really was something completely new so he decided to call his invention 'Bluetooth' because the translation of Harald's surname ( Blatand ) into English is ' Bluetooth'. And I think he chose the English translation rather than that of say, France, Germany is that the Danish Education authority prefers to have their children taught English in their schools since it is thought that English is the language of the future. Certainly, Ann and I have found that Ebglish is very, very widely spoken wherever we have been in Denmark.
Then, finally ,Swansea F.C. has a large fan base in Denmark, such that one Danish T.V. station transmits all Swansea's matches to Denmark.
Ken
Now if we come forward one or two thousand years, the inventor of what we know today as 'Bluetooth' was puzzling over what to call his invention when he realised that like the beginning of Denmark, his invention really was something completely new so he decided to call his invention 'Bluetooth' because the translation of Harald's surname ( Blatand ) into English is ' Bluetooth'. And I think he chose the English translation rather than that of say, France, Germany is that the Danish Education authority prefers to have their children taught English in their schools since it is thought that English is the language of the future. Certainly, Ann and I have found that Ebglish is very, very widely spoken wherever we have been in Denmark.
Then, finally ,Swansea F.C. has a large fan base in Denmark, such that one Danish T.V. station transmits all Swansea's matches to Denmark.
Ken
No 1 is of the small church in Jelling where the Rock i.e. the Birth Cerificate, lies
No 2 is of the 'grounds' (if that is the right word) of the church and I hope it shows that each grave has its own little garden around it with a low hedge to mark the perimeter.
No's 3 and 4 are of the Rock itself and you can see all the Viking script all over it. How old that rock is I'm sorry but I don't know. But I think I'll ask my if he can find out..
No 2 is of the 'grounds' (if that is the right word) of the church and I hope it shows that each grave has its own little garden around it with a low hedge to mark the perimeter.
No's 3 and 4 are of the Rock itself and you can see all the Viking script all over it. How old that rock is I'm sorry but I don't know. But I think I'll ask my if he can find out..