Re: New data point for Brithenig time line

[Padraic Brown <pbrown@nova.umuc.edu>]

Neat!  I think that now makes three known books.  In addition to the
below, there is William Pryce's "Archaeologica Cornu-Britanica" (1790),
intended to be a tutor to English speakers of the Cornovian language; and
Dr. A. G. Davidson's 1888 magnum opus, "An Historical and Comparative
Gramamr of the British Diallects" (Oxford U.), which, as its name implies,
is a compendium of all the major Romance dialects spoken in Britain.

Padraic.

On Thu, 11 Mar 1999, John Cowan wrote:

> Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 14:51:29 -0500
> From: John Cowan <cowan@locke.ccil.org>
> To: "Raymond A. Brown" <raybrown@clara.co.uk>,
>     Padraic Brown <pbrown@nova.umuc.edu>,
>     Andrew Smith <hobbit@earthlight.co.nz>, Peter Skye <skye@poconos.com>,
>     John Schilke <schilkej@ohsu.edu>,
>     Frank George Valoczy <valoczy@vcn.bc.ca>,
>     Celticonlang List <celticonlang@lists.colorado.edu>,
>     Sally Caves <scaves@frontiernet.net>,
>     Douglas Mosier <siringa@juno.com>
> Cc: conculture@onelist.com
> Subject: New data point for Brithenig time line
> 
> 1547: William of Salesbury publishes _A Dictionary in Englyshe and
> Welshe or Cambriese_, the first Brithenig-English dictionary.
> "Its object was to teach the literate Kemrese English, enabling them
> to learn it even without the help of an English-speaking master...."
> 	-- J.R.R. Tolkien
> 
> (Conculturists, more information is available in summary form at
> http://www.earthlight.co.nz/~andrew/brithenig/brithenig.html#kemr)
> 
> -- 
> John Cowan	http://www.ccil.org/~cowan		cowan@ccil.org
> 	You tollerday donsk?  N.  You tolkatiff scowegian?  Nn.
> 	You spigotty anglease?  Nnn.  You phonio saxo?  Nnnn.
> 		Clear all so!  'Tis a Jute.... (Finnegans Wake 16.5)
>