tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1663680578112260744.post5149462041813497311..comments2024-03-13T08:18:08.922+10:30Comments on Catdownunder: The last speaker ofcatdownunderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08189081688973141295noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1663680578112260744.post-90287301223559422572012-10-05T22:11:34.147+09:302012-10-05T22:11:34.147+09:30Thisd struck home.
I have just been reading the r...Thisd struck home. <br />I have just been reading the reminiscences of a man midway between my father's generation and my own, dealing with his youth in Galloway and it has had me in stitches as the language brought to mind the men who worked my grandfather's farm.<br />And how right you are that the language encapsulates a way of thinking....a way of seeing the world.the fly in the webhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563871975125538755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1663680578112260744.post-8287232447925817672012-10-05T15:45:46.816+09:302012-10-05T15:45:46.816+09:30Cornish is another language in the Welsh/Gaelic fa...Cornish is another language in the Welsh/Gaelic family. It had died out as a spoken language but there was enough remaining literature for it to be reconstructed by some rather self-conscious late Victorian intellectuals, and now it is on the rise.<br />It is taught in some schools, and the children will sometimes do performances of the mediaeval mystery plays. There are classes for adults, and there are some pubs where they have a set evening when those who can will talk in Cornish - just for fun.<br />There are those who regard all this as silly and pointless, but why? We have got it, so we may as well use it.jeanfromcornwallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10062674591619616456noreply@blogger.com