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   Message 5,174 of 6,701   
   Telmey® to Min"   
   Re: First Steps in Cumbric - Cumbric Dic   
   21 Jan 07 22:53:38   
   
   XPost: soc.culture.welsh, scot.scots, soc.culture.scottish   
   XPost: soc.culture.irish, soc.culture.breton, soc.culture.cornish   
   From: telmey®@ntlworld.moc   
      
   On Mon, 22 Jan 2007 08:58:31 +1300, in soc.culture.irish   "Fitlike   
   Min"    wrote :   
      
   >   
   >"The Highlander"  wrote in message   
   >news:5sk5r2tfa98ro0sj6hqppeo76iono3cna8@4ax.com...   
   >> 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   
   >>   
   >> Faodaidh nach ionann na beachdan anns   
   >> an post seo agus beachdan a' Ghàidheil.   
   >> The views expressed in this post are   
   >> not necessarily those of The Highlander.   
   >   
   >That's what we want - another dead language to speak! Jeesh you guys crease   
   >me up - get a life.Learn Chinese.   
      
   WHAT ??  ....You  mean that was NOT Chinese ?   
      
   T.   
      
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