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- From: Andrew.Probert@f20.n772.z3.fidonet.org (Andrew Probert)
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- Subject: Less "normal" Languages
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- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 93 01:28:02 PDT
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- Hi John. Its good to hear from you.
-
- You said
- =8>I understand that Scots Gailic is much the same as Irish and
- =8>that Welsh is much the same as Bretton... Is this fact?
-
- Yes, this is true to some extent. Welsh, Cornish, and Bretton make up
- the Brythonic straion of British Celtic, whereas Irish, Scots Gaelic and
- Manx make up the Goidelic strain of British Celtic.
-
- You also said
- JB=8>I began an interest in Irish Gaelic when I became interested in Celtic
- =8>art about a year ago.. I have Mr Jim Fitzpatrick to thank for
- =8>that... After I began reading some of the old tales, I
- =8>wanted to be able to understand some of the poetry as
- =8>well... After the encouragement of my family and a little
- =8>look into the family tree I was hooked.. But I have had no
- =8>one with any similar interest so it has been slow going...
-
- What old tales were you reading? I became interested in Welsh after
- reading some of the tales in the Mabinogion as well as after digging
- into my ancestry. Our family on my fathers side hails originally from
- the old princedom of Gwent in South Wales, what is now the counties of
- Monmouthshire, Glamorganshire and Brecknockshire. On my mothers side I
- have the blood of the Ross clan of northeast Scotland running through my
- veins.
- From where in Ireland and in Scotland do your ancestors hail?
- I believe that the Bretton language sounds rather strange because of the
- overlay of French over the essentially celtic language. Apparentally
- Brittany is an exceptionally beautiful part of France.
-
- You say that your normal profession is as a seaman. What ecxactly do
- you do as a seaman. What sort of boat or ship do you work on and
- where? Also what is your not so normal profession?
-
- Why don't we practice saying simple things to each other in Celtic? I'll
- start the ball rolling by speaking in Welsh:
-
- Sut rydych chi? Ydych chi'n edrych yn dda iawn?
-
- ie How are you? Are you feelin really good?
-
- Bore da.........Diolch
-
- ie Good morning.......Thanks
-
- If you would prefer to correspond by snailmail my address is
- 125 SHORE ROAD,
- REMUERA,
- AUCKLAND 5,
- NEW ZEALAND
-
- What is your slowmail address?
-
-
- Bye or Hwyl nawr ( cheerio),
-
- Andrew
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