Path: ...!news.nobody.at!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Antonio Marques Newsgroups: sci.lang Subject: Re: Maya Angelou died (28-5-2014) Date: Fri, 31 May 2024 21:53:45 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 31 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Fri, 31 May 2024 23:53:45 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="f9e63b49389f5db389c12669e2249f3b"; logging-data="2537362"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19wAqUogbmdPJJhSMO2PZvm1Skt8TCNguWDss+pmSKhhA==" User-Agent: NewsTap/5.5 (iPhone/iPod Touch) Cancel-Lock: sha1:m6AYaO19q2dozvQuMd81OcKWYrM= sha1:sms/1eJv9rHVXSYkQuCdbtAPfeQ= Bytes: 2437 Athel Cornish-Bowden wrote: > On 2024-05-30 20:33:29 +0000, Antonio Marques said: > >> Athel Cornish-Bowden wrote: >>> On 2024-05-30 12:03:08 +0000, Antonio Marques said: >>> >>>> Athel Cornish-Bowden wrote: >>>>> On 2024-05-29 10:59:23 +0000, Ross Clark said: >>>>> >>>>>> African-American writer and activist. >>>>> >>>>> African American? She was born in the USA of American parents, lived in >>>>> the USA, worked in the USA, and died in the USA. She was American. She >>>>> may have had some ancestors from Africa, but that doesn't make her >>>>> African. I have very recent ancestors from Ireland (including my >>>>> mother), but I am not Irish. >>>> >>>> And here I was, thinking you came from Kernow. >>> >>> No. "Cornish" is not a Cornish name: what would be the point of callig >>> someone Cornish if everyone around is Cornish. >> >> ? One would think it even less of a point of calling someone Cornish if >> they were not, well, Cornish in some way. > > The name originated in Devon in the 15th century and was applied to > people who had moved from Cornwall to Devon. So, if you don't mind > going back to the 15th century then yes, I am Cornish "in some way". There you are.