A Conversation for The Language of Coastal Projections
Language (s) of coastal projections
patkito Started conversation Nov 26, 2009
Interesting to see that you talk about both "the UK" and "Language" (and infact include Viking and Dutch terms) yet you class Gaelic as a "foriegn language" and ignore Welsh costal terms altogether!
Clearly Old English is more relevant to you than a living language like Welsh, which is a shame as you miss out on a range of interesting and poetic phrases and place names.
Language (s) of coastal projections
Icy North Posted Nov 26, 2009
Hi patkito, and welcome to h2g2 
I knew this was going to be a bit of a minefield. I've written many articles for h2g2, but the ones which attract the most comments are those dealing with regions of the UK. I had the Cornish Separatist Militia after me last time.
This isn't an exercise in Welsh-bashing. It's not about England, it's about English - a language which predominates in all four nations of the UK.
Believe it or not, I tried hard to find some Welsh coastal promontory terms in the OED, but failed. If you know any, then please post them below! I'd be fascinated to see them Alternatively, maybe you could write an entry of your own about the Welsh coastline? If so, then I'd be happy to help
Oh, on your point about Gaelic being a 'foreign language' - see the footnote.
Icy
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