Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by arethuza 206 days ago
Indeed, and having the "Scoti" replaced by the "Picts" isn't terribly accurate?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A1l_Riata

Edit: The "Scots" are supposed to have conquered the Picts in the mid 9th century leading to what would eventually become Scotland.

1 comments

More recently, the idea that the Picts conquered the Scots (which they'd done once before, in the eighth century) and adopted their language (something which they seem to have already started on) has gained ground.