>>>>>
>>>>>I live in the county of Sussex, from Sudsexe, from "south Saxons"
>>>>>Similarly we have the county of Essex and there used to be a kingdom of Wessex
>>>>
>>>>thank you for sparing us Northampton, Southampton and Littlehampton
>>>>
>>>>;-)
>>>>
>>>>n
>>>
>>>I know not of their etymology. Why so?
>>
>>i seem to remember an old joke
>>
>>also http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/clue/clips/
>>
>>n
>
>OIC bit obscure ref though :-)
>
>BTW, did you catch up to the BBC 4 Linda Smith tribute special yet?

doesn't seem to be available online