they did it ....woooohoooo

[Andrews Son]

Our celtic brothers in Cornwall (Kernow) have finally became a recognised ethnic minority. And I'm sure they will start getting funding for protecting their language and for their heritage.

I am well made up for them, I've been hoping they will get recognition for some time now.

Lol it'll be independance next

Here's a newspaper article I found

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk...h-9278725.html

[sailortats]

My heartiest congratulations to all the people of Cornwall and all people of Cornish descent.

[OldManKennedy]

To that, I believe I will get out my Bombarde & play a tune for my Cornish friends... or maybe tomorrow, when everyone is awake. It is possibly too loud for such a late hour.

[OC Richard]

Kernow bys vyken! (Cornwall for ever!)

Cornwall is further along in the process of Anglicisation which is currently also going on in Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, so much so that some people question the notion of a Cornish identity.

There's an excellent book, The Last Of The Celts, which gives a comprehensive overview of the history and current state of affairs of the various surviving Celtic peoples, tying Celtic identity largely to language (which I think is appropriate). It makes for fascinating and sobering reading.

Here it is

http://yalepress.yale.edu/yupbooks/b...=9780300115352

I'll celebrate, perhaps, by binge-watching Doc Martin, shot in the lovely fishing village of Port Isaac. Here it is! Kernow teg!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sD8wTVILBCM

I'm proud of my Cornish ancestry but I don't like the look of any of the Cornish tartans currently available. I spent quite a bit of time working on a tartan design which incorporates the St Piran flag and the Bezants (the gold circles upon the black shield). Here's what I think is my most successful design, and one I'd really like to have woven. I tried to give it a more 'tweedy' look, to distance it a bit from the way Scottish tartans typically look.

[Grizzled Ian]

Well done the Cornish! Hmmmm, maybe it's time for a pastie.

I like the look of your design Richard. It would be good to have a go at pleating it, but I must promise myself to slow down on this acquisition of tartan.