Re: Maya Angelou died (28-5-2014)

On 2024-05-31, Athel Cornish-Bowden wrote:

On 2024-05-30 20:33:29 +0000, Antonio Marques said:
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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.

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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".

ISTR there's a similar explanation for the Cornish family name in
Robertson Davies' Cornish Trilogy (the family are in Canada by the
time the novels start).


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