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From: Antonio Marques <no_email@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Maya Angelou died (28-5-2014)
Date: Fri, 31 May 2024 21:53:45 -0000 (UTC)
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Athel Cornish-Bowden <me@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On 2024-05-30 20:33:29 +0000, Antonio Marques said:
> 
>> Athel Cornish-Bowden <me@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> On 2024-05-30 12:03:08 +0000, Antonio Marques said:
>>> 
>>>> Athel Cornish-Bowden <me@yahoo.com> 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.