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Old 03-12-2008, 06:09 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Rusty_Hinge wrote:

Yes. Something that I find very puzzling is how little of the original
Brythonic language remains in English. A very high proportion of place
names etc. are, and so is the genome (even the Y chromosome), and not
just in the west. But very, very few words - exept in such usages.

Oh, I dunno, where ja rear English spoked nahdays innit?

As far as I know, neither oikish nor orcish are Celtic languages!

Niver snot innit, but demonstrate how fast a language can
change/deteriorate...

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