The Magna what?

[elecplus]

The British are this month celebrating the 800th anniversary of Magna Carter, a document more than three times as old as the United States.

Me thinks the news channels need to learn to spell!

I watched a documentary on this the other day, and then an historical fiction movie about the aftermath of the signing. A lot of my ancestors were signers, but I had no idea why most them died shortly (within a year or 2) after signing!

[HzFaq]

Magma Qatar.

It's happening down the road from me, I used to have picnics at Runnymede when I was a kid.

[Muirium]

No, no, this is the one to do with Jimmy Carter. The last authentic president of the round table!

[fifted]

If you Brits had a real letter 'R' sound, maybe this wouldn't be an issue...

ETA: Rhoticity ftw!

[Muirium]

Good, you know the concept:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhoticity_in_English

Scots have got plenty of R. But go to Boston, and you'll find as little of it as you would on the BBC.

Anyway: Magna Carta is Latin, not English at all.