Just bear in mind there were no Cornish-language speakers by the 1850s. The
language was dead by then.
Michael Messenger
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Alasdair Neill" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 11:11 PM
>Subject: Snowdon Copper Mines
>
>
> > The last edition of Below! (Shropshire Caving & Mining Club) contains an
> > article (anonymous) statin "When a new mine manager was wanted at any of
> > the mines on Snowdon, it was a prerequisite that applicants spoke English
> > and French, because so many of the miners were Breton. 'Llyn Llydaw@
> > means 'Lake Brittany' in Welsh".
> >
> > Does anyone have any proof of this? I understand that the name Llydaw,
> > although translating as Breton (I am no Welsh speaker) is thought to be
> > more likely to be a personal name, & anyway is recorded much earlier than
> > the date the Snowdon copper mine was discovered (c mid 18th Century). In
> > the 1850's there were proposals to bring in Cornish miners, & most names
>of
> > workings in the area are either Welsh or Cornish. It would surely have
> > been much more likely that managers were Welsh speakers (although I don't
> > suppose there were many Welsh speakers amongst the Cornish).
> >
> > Alasdair Neill.
> >
> >
>
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