Yes It's a region of England with its own, unique, Celtic culture, like West Devon.
Enjoy the day in our beautiful county, hope the sun shines for you.

There is a lot of info on the 'net about them, and also on this very site:-Trevorpen wrote:I must admit I've never heard of a King of Cornwall or Cornwall ever being a Kingdom. Can you give me some info?
Of course there was a King of Mercia and Wessex, but not all historians can agree on this, they were in fact popularised by writers at the time.
No, what you gave are not what constitutes a country, but what (some/most?) countries have. Indecently, it could, quite legitimately, be argued that Cornwall does have it's own laws, and even it's own judiciary, not currently used, but still very much in existence. It can also be argued that Cornwall has it's own parliament, one that has not been convened for rather a long time, but still legally in existence.Trevorpen wrote: Incidentally I just gave a few examples of what constitutes a country, I didn't mention they were essential parts of a country. BUT Cornwall has none of those examples.
Actually, it's the thoughts of the compilers of the Oxford English Dictionary, I merely use the words.Trevorpen wrote:Well you have your thoughts and I have mine.
Lots of areas of England have sayings/phrases unique to that area, BUT those sayings/phrases are ALL in the same language, English. None of those areas, to my knowledge, have a separate language of their own, a language that is common only to them.Trevorpen wrote:I would dispute your idea of language, lots of areas of England have sayings/ phrases unique to that area.
There are quite a few instances of written Cornish, and there were probably quite a few more that were lost during the reformation, when the local centers of learning were destroyed during the dissolution of the monasteries. And please, just what is your point regarding "the peasantry"? Are you suggesting that the language has no worth because those who spoke it were looked on as having no worth? Trevorpen, the peasants ARE the people, the nation, it is their language, history, customs, that MAKE a nation.Trevorpen wrote:Cornish was never a written language and spoken mainly by the peasantry.
Anyone who uses this argument to deride the Cornish language, has never once looked at any other language in the world (with the exception of "official" French). ALL languages borrow words from other languages, look at English, a good 50% or more of the common words that we rely on for ordinary communication are borrowed, borrowed from Latin, Greek, French, various Indian languages, Chinese, etc, even Ancient British. At least Cornish is attempting to keep true to it's roots.Trevorpen wrote:Today if there's not a word, a Welsh word is used.
With the move of English to become the basis of the "common tongue" for the world, with the influence of American media, and to some extent Australian media as well, coupled with being physically right "next door" to England, then it would be surprising if it ever did become our "main" language, but it stands a good chance of becoming our "second" language, one that is used on a regular basis, if that is what the people want.Trevorpen wrote:Great to learn it if you so wish, but it will never become a main language.....
There are many things that people hate having "imposed" on them. Children hate many of the things "imposed" on them at school, their parents hate different things that are "imposed" on their children at school. That which children consider a "waste of time" at school, often turn out to have been rather useful in later life, and the reverse is also often true.Trevorpen wrote:......and people will hate the idea of it being imposed in schools for instance. A friend of ours son had to study it a school and the whole class said it was a pointless waste of time.
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