[Scribus] Insert a symbol char - but not really

[Peter Barnes]

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Maciej Hanski" <ma_han2000 at yahoo.de>
> To: scribus at nashi.altmuehlnet.de
> Subject: Re: [Scribus] Insert a symbol char - but not really
> Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 12:58:16 +0200
> 
> Peter Barnes napisa?(a):
> 
> 
> > Don't get me wrong, I like variety in language and dialect. I am 
> > English - but northern English living in the county of Somerset 
> > in South-West England. I don't undestand everyone here and they 
> > don't all understand me. And just to the north is the Welsh 
> > language...
> > and to the west, Cornish. I know more of Raphael's French than 
> > Welsh or Cornish!
> >
> 
> OT: Speaking of Cornish: are there many Cornish  speakers in your
> neiberhood? I slightly remember having seen around St Ives a couple of
> years ago a plaque commemorating the last Cornish native speaker. There
> must have been some revival of this launguage.
> 
> More OT: Peter, do you know "Red noses", one of the best plays I've ever
> seen?
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Barnes#Mature_works
> 

Cornwall has had a revival of its language - probably prompted partly by those with a genuine interest but also by the wish to entertain the tourists! The links give more information:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornish_language

http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/definition/Cornish-english/

It is interesting to see it shares 80% of its vocabulary with Breton, so if Raphael had been Breton French and I were Cornish English we could probably communicate that way too! (To the north, in the Shetland Islands, the local people speak a dialect which I am told is very similar to that of the west Jutland coast of Denmark, so much so that sailors from the two regions can converse easily.)

I am not familiar with the Red Nose play but it sounds good - unfortunately I am not related to that Peter Barnes!

Regards,
Peter



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