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On Jul 6, 2012, at 12:53 PM, Thomas Ruhm wrote: > Hi Dan, > > the university is not so big, but I am going to ask there. I think I would be able to pick up much of Vegliot in a mixed written conversation. > Vegliot is a so-called "Trümmersprache" - it needs serious reconstruction before it can be used in conversation. > Do you know somebody who might like to write with me? > Maybe, I'll ask around before I pass on any e-mail addresses... > It need not be an expert. I am also learning other languages now but I am just curious about it. > > How is Cornish going? > OK. Still working on my dictionary and I'm doing an audio course: http://www.kernewegva.com/deskikernowek.html > Most Cornish I heart does sound a bit like English. > Yes, a lot of it shows a lot of interference from English, as is to be expected. Here are some Links to some 'good' Cornish: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQZ_Jmokuds http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-boCJhBxyYE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQHSADF4FP8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuOb2LxHPMU&feature=results_main&playnext=1&list=PLD6DD6085ADCADDB6 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTkGyNPXCxk and similar videos, punch in "Richard Gendall" in the youtube search engine. You'll also find some here: http://radyo.kernewegva.com/ > Are there many people as well who use a different accent? If yes, on what basis do they construct it? I've been told that native speakers of Irish who are less than two hundred years old do have an english accent too. > > Well L2 learners definitely, though there are a few who have an ear for he native accent. Native language speakers have Irish-Irish accents, even the young ones I've heard? Dan > Yours > Thomas > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]