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   Athel Cornish-Bowden  wrote:   
   > On 2024-05-30 20:33:29 +0000, Antonio Marques said:   
   >   
   >> Athel Cornish-Bowden  wrote:   
   >>> On 2024-05-30 12:03:08 +0000, Antonio Marques said:   
   >>>   
   >>>> Athel Cornish-Bowden  wrote:   
   >>>>> On 2024-05-29 10:59:23 +0000, Ross Clark said:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> African-American writer and activist.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> African American? She was born in the USA of American parents, lived in   
   >>>>> the USA, worked in the USA, and died in the USA. She was American. She   
   >>>>> may have had some ancestors from Africa, but that doesn't make her   
   >>>>> African. I have very recent ancestors from Ireland (including my   
   >>>>> mother), but I am not Irish.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> And here I was, thinking you came from Kernow.   
   >>>   
   >>> No. "Cornish" is not a Cornish name: what would be the point of callig   
   >>> someone Cornish if everyone around is Cornish.   
   >>   
   >> ? One would think it even less of a point of calling someone Cornish if   
   >> they were not, well, Cornish in some way.   
   >   
   > The name originated in Devon in the 15th century and was applied to   
   > people who had moved from Cornwall to Devon. So, if you don't mind   
   > going back to the 15th century then yes, I am Cornish "in some way".   
      
   There you are.   
      
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