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On Fri, 29 Nov 2002 01:29:11 +0000 Keith <kam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hmm, I think that should probably be King Alfred's English. How 'bout you lads translating the KDE desktop into this expressive medium as an example of how Open Source allows local folk to adapt software to local needs ...
It would be amusing to try, although I feel the take-up may not be too great! Certainly a lot of Brixham dialect is very similar to Middle (Chaucerian) English, and I have seen articles giving examples. I put it down to the peninsularity of Brixham, and the fact that until recently most intercourse with others from outside the immediate area was by sea. In my own memory I recall listening to local, French, Belgian and Dutch sailors in conversation together. This was in -I suppose- our common dialect, as all spoke the same, and I understood and spoke with them. It may have been a lingua franca of the seas and coastal hinterlands around Northern Europe, but radio, IC engines, and better weather forecasts have probably killed it now, although a few older people still speak in the same old way. Tiz a praper shaam, but dere us be, me booty .... Terence -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe.