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I agree with that BBC documentary about language loss, when the narrator says, 'I'm all for preserving languages, but once you're dead, that's it!' He was referring to Cornish. I am also very skeptical of the revival of Manx (Gaelic), which sounds very close to Irish Gaelic, they should just switch to the standard of that tongue. This Cumbric I haven't heard of until now, and I think it most sensible to consign it to the graveyard of history once and for all where it belongs.
I think the Scots, Irish, Welsh and others have a right to want to preserve their culture, but up to a certain point it becomes a ridiculous 'Ten Little Kingdoms' scenario.
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