[Spellyans] BBC Broadcast

[Craig Weatherhill]

I meant the Dolly Pentreath MYTH.

Craig


On 26 Gen 2010, at 15:35, Craig Weatherhill wrote:

> Yes, I did see this.  Some presenter/interviewer from way out of  
> Cornwall, perpetuating the Dolly Pentreath list and with the usual  
> sneery attitude we've come to expect from the BBC.  'Do you speak  
> Cornish?' he asked the barmaid.  'No," she replied.  'Thank God for  
> that,' he said.
>
> Still, Mick, Ray and Denise held their own.  Rather well, I thought.
>
> I've missed the Radio Cornwall programme today on which some  
> academic from the University of Durham is being allowed to opine  
> that the Cornish, as a people, don't exist.  (If this was done  
> against a black or Asian group, there would be all hell to pay and  
> probably prosecutions as well).  Ok, so I don't exist, therefore  
> this message has never been sent.
>
> Craig
>
>
>
> On 26 Gen 2010, at 14:42, j.mills at email.com wrote:
>
>> For those who missed the BBC broadcast concerning the Cornish  
>> language (Monday 25 January), it can be found on BBC iPLayer at
>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00qg3bb/Inside_Out_South_West_25_01_2010/ 
>>  .
>> Fast forward to about 9 mins 50 secs into the programme for the  
>> part concerning the Cornish language.
>> Ol an gwella
>> Jon
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