[Spellyans] BBC Broadcast
Craig Weatherhill
craig at agantavas.org
Tue Jan 26 15:40:18 GMT 2010
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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