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   XPost: soc.culture.welsh, scot.scots, soc.culture.scottish   
   XPost: soc.culture.irish, soc.culture.breton, soc.culture.cornish   
   From: micheil@shaw.ca   
      
   On Sat, 20 Jan 2007 23:48:54 GMT, "Sober Scotsman"   
    wrote:   
      
   >On Sat, 20 Jan 2007 08:46:33 -0000, Walker wrote:   
   >   
   >> Either open the attachment or make a web template and cut and paste.   
   >> This is   
   >> the makings of a Cumbric Grammar and Dictionary. I have not yet got   
   >> round to   
   >> it, but this draught will give you all the ground work necessary to make   
   >> your own Cumbric grammar.   
   >   
   >Aye right. Ah ken it's a guid thing tae study auld languages, but is this   
   >really Cumbric? I dinnae think sae ... ah mean, whit Cumbric dae we hae? A   
   >few placenames? A few historical names?   
   >   
   >So, whit we hae here is a wee bit Welsh, a wee bit Breton and a wee bit   
   >Cornish. And fae there ye wrote yer ain language, but ye didnae ca' it   
   >Walkerish, ye ca'ed it Cumbric.   
      
   Well, you've just made his point for him! Almost every language grows   
   in the same way.   
      
   I'd stick with practical physics if I were you - like how to get the   
   beer cap off with your teeth once you've lost the opener...   
   >   
   >Why dae ah no trust ye?   
   >   
   >"Bannock Burn: Scot. Mid Lothian,"   
   >   
   >Jeezy peeps -- Bannockburn's by Stirlin. If ye cannae get that richt, with   
   >hope hae ye?   
   >   
   >   
      
   Well, for starters, he's not Scottish, so let's try one on you.   
      
   Which province of France was the Battle of Drôme fought in?   
      
   If you can't even get that right, then nobody here will be paying much   
   attention to you in future...   
      
   The Highlander   
      
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