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   Athel Cornish-Bowden to Christian Weisgerber   
   Re: Maya Angelou died (28-5-2014)   
   31 May 24 09:50:03   
   
   From: me@yahoo.com   
      
   On 2024-05-30 18:47:03 +0000, Christian Weisgerber said:   
      
   > On 2024-05-30, Athel Cornish-Bowden  wrote:   
   >   
   >>> No. "Cornish" is not a Cornish name: what would be the point of callig   
   >>> someone Cornish if everyone around is Cornish. The name is much more   
   >>> common in Devon, just as "Devenish" is more common in Somerset than it   
   >>> is in Devon.   
   >>   
   >> I used to know María Teresa Miras Portugal (until she died): she was   
   >> Spanish, not Portuguese.   
   >   
   > Actress Cécile de France is Belgian.   
      
   Indeed. I didn't think of her, but I knew she was Belgian.   
      
      
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   Athel -- French and British, living in Marseilles for 37 years; mainly   
   in England until 1987.   
      
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