LL-L "Language minorities" 2004.03.11 (04) [E]

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From: burgdal32admin <burgdal32 at pandora.be>
Subject: LL-L "Language minorities" 2004.03.04 (09) [E/S]

> From: Thomas <t.mcrae at uq.net.au>
> Subject: LL-L "Language minorities" 2004.03.04 (02) [E]
>
> on 5/3/04 1:29, Lowlands-L at lowlands-l at lowlands-l.net wrote:
>
>> How did people from Flanders come to south-western Wales and how did
>> they
>> manage to keep their own cultural identity, including their language?
> It seems that there were  settlements of Flemish merchants in Wales.
> Story goes that Scotland's King Alexander wanted to establish strong
> settled
> Burghs in his domains and imported weavers from Flanders and nerchants
> from
> Wales to get things moving. Hence the  Scots surnames Welch, Willis,
> and
> Wallace. Seems our National Hero came from Flemish stock as did other
> noble
> Scots families including The Douglasses..
>
> Regards
> Tom
> Tom Mc Rae PSOC
> Brisbane Australia
> "The masonnis suld mak housis stark and rude,
> To keep the pepill frome the stormes strang,
> And he that fals, the craft it gois all wrang."
>> From 15th century Scots Poem 'The Buke of the Chess'
Hello Thomas,
I wrote an article about the Flemish origine of lots of the Scottish
nobility some years ago. So just have a look into the archives.
Groetjes
luc vanbrabant
oekene

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