Paging Phil Launchbury, Phil Launchbury please step up...

ISTR you're something of a knowledgeable person on Celtic languages.
What are your thoughts on this one?

http://tinyurl.com/mah2wn

(work safe, but probably boring)

Apart from the obvious fact that the bloke seems to be a complete
arse, of course...

 

That and:

No extant sources of Cumbric (as far as I know) so he's essentially
making it up[1]

Most of the people in his target group won't care and will think he
needs to get a life..

He is viewing the past through rose-tinted glasses so strong that they
appear to block out reality - "the Cumbrians in the time of Arthur were
the best horsemen of the age". This is attested to where?

In other words - he's as loopy as a fruitcake.

Phil.

[1] Unlike (say) Cornish where there are good records of the various
phases of the language. The amount of reconstruction needed was small
and the main arguement was about which era of Cornish to revive to..

 

Well the clue's in the article ...

"Because no records exist of the Cumbric language, he spent years studying
Celtic history and concluded it was similar to northern Welsh."

He might as well have learned fucking Klingon - at least that way other
people would speak it.


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The speccy Geordie twat.

 

Think I might join if this is a typical member:
http://www.cumbricrevival.com/photo/photo/listForContributor?screenName=
0r1xop840ueed

 

Hubba Hubba!

 

this is more fun:

http://hobbit.griffler.co.nz/introduction.html

 

Wouldn't do her any harm to crack a smile once in a while.

 

Looks fascinating (and I actually mean that). I enjoy that kind of
'what if' thinking..

Phil

 

She'd dislodge the stick if she did.

 

Bloke's a wanker, but harmless.

 

That's her at 16. It's probable that ancient Cumbrian women had saggy
tits down to their knees at 25 and pegged out at 34 as wrinkled hags.

Not so different from today.

 

Grimly Curmudgeon posted:

No, Cumbrian women today don't have wrinkles at 34. The hair is
pulled back so tight their faces are in a permanent stretched grimace.

 

Council estate facelift!

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