The Town That Fought Over Its Apostrophe
What happens when a local council tries to erase a single punctuation mark from a place name? In the English village of St Austell, it ignited a surprisingly fierce linguistic…
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The Rebirth of Cornish
Once officially declared extinct after the death of its last native speaker in the 18th century, the Cornish language (Kernewek) has experienced a remarkable revival against all odds. This is…