Re: self designations

On Sun, May 20, 2001 at 07:15:11PM +1200, andrew wrote:
> The Brithenig-speakers, when referring to themselves as an ethnicity
> distinct from other romano-celtic speakers, call themselves the Chomro.
> A name which in the pre-Romance language of Britain meant the people of
> the country.  The adjective form is comroig, from which one medieval
> antiquarian erroneously deduced that their ancestors were the
> cambograeci, the speakers of twisted Greek.
Are the <Cambograeci> a race from history (or legend) Here, or were they
invented for There? Any more info on them?

Also, do the Chomro have any myths linking them with Brutus? I recently
learned about how Britons (well, modern "Britons" at least, I dunno about
the pre-Saxons) used to say that the name Britannia came from a king Brutus,
who supposedly escaped the fall of Troy.

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Eric Christopherson / *Aiworegs Ghristobhorosyo