The Breton poet Anjela Duval has a nifty trilingual site dedicated to her, including over 500 poems in Breton and almost a hundred translated into English as well as articles in English, French, and Breton. Via cannylinguist, a brand-new linguablog: welcome!
Posted by languagehat at November 20, 2003 08:38 PMBreton vs Welsh. I was told that Breton speaker could make out Welsh. This was told to me by a Breton whose mother conversed with a young Welsh guest in their respective tongues.So maybe Welsh speakers will have more Poetry to enjoy {Tis Eisteddford time}
Posted by: dungbeattle at November 20, 2003 11:08 PMhat -
I notice that you commended in cannylinguist anonymously - do you need a number?
Posted by: ken at November 21, 2003 02:08 AMI always comment on LJ sites anonymously, since the whole LJ thing is a mystery to me and I don't even know what a "number" is. I just figured you had to have an LJ site yourself not to be anonymous, and I have no desire to have one. But if a number will help, sure, I'll take one of those!
Posted by: language hat at November 21, 2003 08:20 AMWell, it is true that you have to have an LJ to not post anonymously - but you don't have to use it - just sign in & maybe choose a picture to go along with your comments ;)
A number enables you to get an LJ so that you don't have to post anonymously - if you should want one, it's yours.
Posted by: ken at November 21, 2003 03:34 PMBreton/Welsh. Not in my experience. We had a Breton girl staying here earlier this year, and I couldn't understand a word she said in Breton (on the phone to her family). She'd studied Welsh in school, so could join in at simple conversation level.
I can't read Breton either, but this has made me want to learn. Wonderful stuff.
Posted by: Nic Dafis at November 26, 2003 05:38 PM