XPost: soc.culture.welsh, scot.scots, soc.culture.scottish   
   XPost: soc.culture.irish, soc.culture.breton, soc.culture.cornish   
   From: walker@btinternet.com   
      
   "The Highlander"  wrote in message   
   news:1o97r256cq81i1q7qi9r4von62kq3oj9fa@4ax.com...   
   > On Sun, 21 Jan 2007 09:37:27 GMT, "Sober Scotsman"   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >>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.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >   
   > Aye weel, it micht hae been, but ye dinna ken whit wuz the recht Welsh   
   > and whit wuz whit ye micht cry the auld border leid.   
   >   
   > The Highlander   
      
   Basically Cumbric in Scotland was Welsh spoken with a Scots accent. Try it   
   in the bathroom, but lock the door first just in case folks think that you   
   are taking a turn for the worst.   
   >   
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