> ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Maciej Hanski" <ma_han2000 at yahoo.de> > To: scribus at nashi.altmuehlnet.de > Subject: Re: [Scribus] Insert a symbol char - but not really > Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 12:58:16 +0200 > > Peter Barnes napisa?(a): > > > > Don't get me wrong, I like variety in language and dialect. I am > > English - but northern English living in the county of Somerset > > in South-West England. I don't undestand everyone here and they > > don't all understand me. And just to the north is the Welsh > > language... > > and to the west, Cornish. I know more of Raphael's French than > > Welsh or Cornish! > > > > OT: Speaking of Cornish: are there many Cornish speakers in your > neiberhood? I slightly remember having seen around St Ives a couple of > years ago a plaque commemorating the last Cornish native speaker. There > must have been some revival of this launguage. > > More OT: Peter, do you know "Red noses", one of the best plays I've ever > seen? > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Barnes#Mature_works >
Cornwall has had a revival of its language - probably prompted partly by those with a genuine interest but also by the wish to entertain the tourists! The links give more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornish_language http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/definition/Cornish-english/ It is interesting to see it shares 80% of its vocabulary with Breton, so if Raphael had been Breton French and I were Cornish English we could probably communicate that way too! (To the north, in the Shetland Islands, the local people speak a dialect which I am told is very similar to that of the west Jutland coast of Denmark, so much so that sailors from the two regions can converse easily.) I am not familiar with the Red Nose play but it sounds good - unfortunately I am not related to that Peter Barnes! Regards, Peter -- _______________________________________________ Surf the Web in a faster, safer and easier way: Download Opera 8 at http://www.opera.com Powered by Outblaze
