jmm@bonnie.UUCP (Joe Mcghee) (01/22/85)
??????????????? Text books on the Breton language are printed by: Cork University Press University of Cork Cork, Ireland The Beginner's Course in Breton costs 10 Punt (Irish Pounds) and the Elementary Breton/English Dictionary by Delaport costs 4 Punt. The dictionary can also be purchased from: Facsimile Books Fifth Avenue & 55th Street New York, New York (212) 581-2672 They will also mail books anywhere you like. The University of Cork might be a good starting point for inquiries about Cornish texts or you might try Thames & Hudson publishers. They have offices in New York and London. There are no native speakers in Cornish because the British government has done absolutely nothing to preserve the Celtic languages. Only when a very forceful protest campaign is mounted do they finally cave in to massive pressure as happened in Wales. The British government is the greatest enemy of the preservation of the Celtic languages because it would like to homogenize all these people into the English culture (sic). Have you ever seen a performance by a group of Morris dancers? When TV reporters interviewed some people in New York who witnessed a performance, they couldn't keep a straight face or give a serious answer. Most people simply turned their faces away from the camera and laughed hysterically. And this is what they want us to become a part of. bonnie!jmm J. M. McGhee