That is most interesting, Paul. Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery <https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery>*
On Mon, Sep 7, 2020 at 4:34 PM Paul Sorenson <pentax1...@gmail.com> wrote: > The Cornish also migrated to the lead mining region of Southwest > Wisconsin. When first arriving, and before they could build homes, they > lived in caves dug into the hillsides to shelter from the weather. > Non-miners called them badgers and it was from this and their mining > activities that Wisconsin is nicknamed "The Badger State". > > -p > > On 9/7/2020 10:07 AM, Stanley Halpin wrote: > > So, I am NOT from the UK but I can offer some responses. > > > >> On Sep 7, 2020, at 10:06 AM, Daniel J. Matyola <danmaty...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > >> These are serious questions, not meant to be political, solely to > satisfy > >> my own curiosity: > >> > >> 1. What the heck is Cornwall? Is it just a region of England, or are > the > >> Cornish a separate ethnic group, like, for example, the Welsh? > > The Cornish are a Celtic group which were conquered and gradually > assimilated into the hodgepodge England. > > NOT JUST a region, but the most important region of present-day England. > (So says he whose father-in-law was born in Cornwall. Others may well > disagree with this assessment.) > > The Cornish language has all but disappeared but elements of the culture > linger on. From more recent history, the tin mines in the area provided not > only tin but also Cornishmen who immigrated to Michigan's Upper Peninsula > and took on mining jobs there. Bringing with them the Cornish Pasty, one of > the most important culinary advances in the modern era. (So says he whose > wife learned how to make pasties from her Cornish grandmother.) I do > acknowledge some passing resemblance to Italian Calzones and their > descendent, the Argentine empanadas, but pasties are really something else. > > > > As far as Brexit is concerned, from my reading of today’s news from the > UK, it seems Boris is setting up to abrogate the Northern Irish > understanding, thereby almost inevitably leading to a No Deal exit. Like > other politicians in ancient and recent and current history, he has figured > that creating chaos in one realm is effective in distracting attention from > other stuff going on, like pandemics and such. > > > > stan > > > >> 2. Whatever happened to Brexit? Has it just faded into insignificance > >> because of the pandemic, or will the government sit down and really try > to > >> work something out with the Germans and the French? > >> > >> Dan Matyola > >> *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery > >> <https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery>* > >> -- > >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> PDML@pdml.net > >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > > > -- > Paul Sorenson > Studio1941 > > Sooner or later "different" scares people. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
