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Re: Breton (WAS: first try at conlanging)

From:erwan ar skoul <erwan.arskoul@...>
Date:Tuesday, January 8, 2002, 11:35
kam@CARROT.CLARA.NET a écrit :

> Damn, the Bretons have all the best tunes. >
Eh eh eh :-))
> > Still I would maintain that Welsh is ESSENTIALLY Breton spoken by Methodists > (being sober, they have no problem with [T] and [D] keep their vowels and > [r]'s clear, don't turn their diphthongs inside out ...), and Cornish is > essentially Breton spoken by lapsed Methodists (if they haven't lapsed > to begin with a few "cultural" visits to Brittany seem to do the trick). >
Don’t worry, we are busy corrupting them
> > I once saw someone who dropped in on a Cornish gathering en route from > Wales to Brittany. They were speaking Welsh to a companion, Cornish to > the company at large, and Breton to someone on the phone, _all at once_. > My brain just isn't wired that way! >
I think it is a matter of habit. When I was living in Danmark, I was using three languages on a daily basis (danish, english, and french) but not in the same circumsances and not with he same persons.
> > Bloaz nevez mat deoc'h! >
deoc’h-c’hwi ivez (pronounced dyoH Hwi iye)