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   XPost: soc.culture.welsh, scot.scots, soc.culture.scottish   
   XPost: soc.culture.irish, soc.culture.breton, soc.culture.cornish   
   From: Sober@glebestreet.co.scotland   
      
   On Sun, 21 Jan 2007 02:53:00 -0000, The Highlander  wrote:   
      
   > On Sat, 20 Jan 2007 23:48:54 GMT, "Sober Scotsman"   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >> 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.   
      
   Na -- languages graw when loads o folks chynge the way they're speakin' --   
   democratically and accidentally. This is ane guy writin ane language that   
   probably makes oer much sense tae be a "real" language.   
      
   > 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...   
      
   Ma bottle opene... whit? Whaur is it? Did ye tax it? Wis it ye? Gie's it   
   back.   
      
   No that I use it much... just in case ah hae guests, ye ken.   
      
   >> 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...   
      
   Richt. Ma research telt me in unner 30 seconds it wis in Dauphiné.   
      
   No bein Scottish is nae excuse fir this guy -- if he's researchin a   
   language spoke in an area, he can tak the time tae get the geography o the   
   area right. In fact, no just "can", but "has tae".   
      
   Ah'm wondrin about why places like Aberuthven are includit. It's place   
   names like this that mak fowks say that Pictish wis Brethonic. If he   
   believes that, he shidnae be includin it as a Cumbric name. His preamble   
   suggests he goes wi current convention on this, so why include it?   
      
   Besides, gieen his views on the legitimacy of variant languages as leids   
   in their ain right, ah wunner why he disnae say that:   
   "So called Cumbric is just the old language of Northern Wales that   
   spread to the S.W. of Scotland,"   
      
   Hypocrite.   
      
      
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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