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The Routes of English

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Melvyn Bragg presents a series surveying 1,000 years of spoken English as reflected in the dialects of Britain. 3: Some Handsome
The talk of Cornwall has roots in the old Celtic language of Kernewek that thrived here 200 years ago. But today's horde of incomers are renaming the ancient coves and threatening the historic Cornish vocabulary.
Producer Simon Elmes. Repeated at 9.30pm

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Melvyn Bragg
Producer:
Simon Elmes.
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