> How long before street signs in Brixton are in Urdu and
> Swahili"? [Boedicia@isp.com]
>
> Hardly comparable though as Cornish culture in general, even if the
> langauge is only now spoken by a few thousand, is indiginous "for want of
> a better word" to the place. Indiginous to Cornwall and of course by
> default indiginous to England itself. It is only about giving one of
> England's languages a bit of a help rather than making Cornwall officially
> bilingual like Wales is. I can't see how seeing the odd pamphlet or sign
> in Cornish would be detrimental to tourism. In fact it would possibly give
> most people a better feeling of being on holiday abd being somewhere
> different. It hasn't exactly done the Highlands any harm.
>
> Allan

>Street signs in Cornish too?

> On Fri, 23 May 2008 07:17:22 +0100, "D. Spencer Hines"
> excelsior.com> wrote:
>

>> Street signs in Cornish too?

>
> Yes. Street signs in Cornish were mentioned in the article with which
> I initiated this thread. Here's the link again, for those who weren't
> paying attention:
>
> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/global/main.jhtml?xml=/global/2008/05/21/n...
>
> Do they have bilingual street signs in Hawaii?

> James Hogg wrote:

>> On Fri, 23 May 2008 07:17:22 +0100, "D. Spencer Hines"
>> excelsior.com> wrote:
>>

>>> Street signs in Cornish too?

>>
>> Yes. Street signs in Cornish were mentioned in the article with which
>> I initiated this thread. Here's the link again, for those who weren't
>> paying attention:
>>
>> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/global/main.jhtml?xml=/global/2008/05/21/n...
>>
>> Do they have bilingual street signs in Hawaii?

>
> Dunno, but there are street signs in Polish in Britain, these days.

> On Fri, 23 May 2008 07:17:22 +0100, "D. Spencer Hines"
>
> excelsior.com> wrote:

>>Street signs in Cornish too?

>
> Yes. Street signs in Cornish were mentioned in the article with which
> I initiated this thread. Here's the link again, for those who weren't
> paying attention:
>
> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/global/main.jhtml?xml=/global/2008/05/21/n...
>
> Do they have bilingual street signs in Hawaii?
>
> James

> "Renia" wrote in message
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>> James Hogg wrote:

>>> On Fri, 23 May 2008 07:17:22 +0100, "D. Spencer Hines"
>>> excelsior.com> wrote:
>>>

>>>> Street signs in Cornish too?

>>> Yes. Street signs in Cornish were mentioned in the article with which
>>> I initiated this thread. Here's the link again, for those who weren't
>>> paying attention:
>>>
>>> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/global/main.jhtml?xml=/global/2008/05/21/n...
>>>
>>> Do they have bilingual street signs in Hawaii?

>> Dunno, but there are street signs in Polish in Britain, these days.

>
> They'll be down soon.
>
> Things are getting bad in the UK and half the Poles have already gone home. ...

> William Black wrote:

>> "Renia" wrote in message
>> news:g162ij$p18$4@mouse.otenet.gr...

>>> James Hogg wrote:

>>>> On Fri, 23 May 2008 07:17:22 +0100, "D. Spencer Hines"
>>>> excelsior.com> wrote:
>>>>

>>>>> Street signs in Cornish too?

>>>> Yes. Street signs in Cornish were mentioned in the article with which
>>>> I initiated this thread. Here's the link again, for those who weren't
>>>> paying attention:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/global/main.jhtml?xml=/global/2008/05/21/n...
>>>>
>>>> Do they have bilingual street signs in Hawaii?

>>> Dunno, but there are street signs in Polish in Britain, these days.

>>
>> They'll be down soon. ...

> "Renia" wrote in message
> news:g166rc$qo5$2@mouse.otenet.gr...

>> William Black wrote:

>>> "Renia" wrote in message
>>> news:g162ij$p18$4@mouse.otenet.gr...

>>>> James Hogg wrote:

>>>>> On Fri, 23 May 2008 07:17:22 +0100, "D. Spencer Hines"
>>>>> excelsior.com> wrote:
>>>>>

>>>>>> Street signs in Cornish too?

>>>>> Yes. Street signs in Cornish were mentioned in the article with which
>>>>> I initiated this thread. Here's the link again, for those who weren't
>>>>> paying attention:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/global/main.jhtml?xml=/global/2008/05/21/n...
>>>>>
>>>>> Do they have bilingual street signs in Hawaii?

>>>> Dunno, but there are street signs in Polish in Britain, these days.

>>> They'll be down soon. ...

> William Black wrote:

>> Nobody's moving house and few people have money to spend on improving
>> their houses. The building trade is becoming stagnant as 'new build'
>> projects aren't selling and so the government directed 'brown field'
>> projects aren't even getting started.

>
> The "brown field" projects are mostly buildings constructed in people's
> large back gardens.

> "Renia" wrote in message
> news:g16b3r$sil$1@mouse.otenet.gr...

>> William Black wrote:

>

>>> Nobody's moving house and few people have money to spend on improving
>>> their houses. The building trade is becoming stagnant as 'new build'
>>> projects aren't selling and so the government directed 'brown field'
>>> projects aren't even getting started.

>> The "brown field" projects are mostly buildings constructed in people's
>> large back gardens.

>
> I noticed.
>
> But they're not selling.
>

>>> It'll sort itself out reasonably soon as it seems to be a direct product
>>> of bad management in the banking sector. In the interim there isn't the
>>> spare cash about to pay foreign building workers and the established
>>> locals can manage on what they've got and a little bit of work while the ...