The Southend Pound

[Rob Noxious]

'Cornwall Welcomes You'

"Emmets" of course have a vested interest in denying the importance of the Cornish language.
For personal and professional reasons I prefer to celebrate the existence of minority cultures and their languages.

'Agas dynergh Kernow.' :)

 

[Rob Noxious]

I bet one Southend Pound that Barney's off to the South-West today...:'(

I claim my Southend Pound! :clap: :(

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

I claim my Southend Pound! :clap: :(

Living in Penzance I thought your geography of the region would be better!

Surely Southampton is the South, rather than the South West?

 

[Rob Noxious]

Living in Penzance I thought your geography of the region would be better!

Surely Southampton is the South, rather than the South West?

I was thinking of a way to bracket the Southend Pound thread title with the South-Western angle which had developed here ... anyway, it's more West than East! :)

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

I claim my Southend Pound! :clap: :(

Read my reply carefully. I didn't accept the bet!:)

<I suppose He might just stay until aftertomorrow's game but I doubt it somehow.<

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

'Agas dynergh Kernow.' :)

I'm sure Cornwall does and will on my next visit down there.Possibly in the summer as you know.
I'm not so sure about Mrs S though.;)

 

[GrumpyBlue]

The voice of reason.

I have to agree with you again Phil!

As a long time emmett (35 years and counting) I support the Cornish Language revival plus Cornish Independance

Getting back to the thread I also support the idea of a Southend Pound

 

[Mrs S]

"Emmets" of course have a vested interest in denying the importance of the Cornish language.

Interesting point, but history surely demonstrates that it was the Cornish themselves who underestimated the value of their own language - it was they who themselves let it go: no-one forced them to stop speaking it ... And I can assure you there is no 'vested interest' from an emmet - or any other - point of view (at least not on my part). Yes, cultural minority should be valued and even 'celebrated' and yes, language IS of central importance to Human life. But history should not be rewritten for political propaganda purposes – and this IS what has happened down here. Though I am guessing that unless it is written somewhere within the trusty annals of connventional academia, the very real and relevent experience of those who actually live here will remain always too easy to dismiss ….

 

[Mrs S]

I have to agree with you again Phil!

As a long time emmett (35 years and counting) I support the Cornish Language revival plus Cornish Independance

Getting back to the thread I also support the idea of a Southend Pound

Yeah, I totally understand the logic and emotion behind it. But in practical terms of reality, it just will not work.

 

[Mrs S]

But, getting back to the main subject ... lots of places now do these 'Local Exchange Trading Systems' that can to a point do away with money altogether. Done properly they can work really well. Everyone basically swaps skills and items - an hour of time or an item is worth a certain amount in 'LETS' non-monetary units, there is a banking system with everyone acruing and spending according to what they need and when - and, more to the point, getting the jobs done and things that they need. Also great for building community - though it can be a bit 'cliquey' in a small place.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Yeah, I totally understand the logic and emotion behind it. But in practical terms of reality, it just will not work.

Talking about money,this is of course just the sort of thing that was said about the Euro at and before its inception.
In fact, it works just fine, for those countries sensible enough to have signed up for it at the time.:)

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

I have to agree with you again Phil!

As a long time emmett (35 years and counting) I support the Cornish Language revival plus Cornish Independance

Getting back to the thread I also support the idea of a Southend Pound

Surely we can disagree about something Richard?Just for old times sake! :)

 

[Rob Noxious]

Read my reply carefully. I didn't accept the bet!:)

<I suppose He might just stay until aftertomorrow's game but I doubt it somehow.<

Ha - I think you're coming across as the self-obsessed/self-centred one here, because I really wasn't talking to you on this one ... I was simply trying to get it back to the 'Southend Pound' thread title. Sorry Groyney .... as Tennyson once said, you can't learn 'em! :whistling:

 

[Rob Noxious]

I'm sure Cornwall does and will on my next visit down there.Possibly in the summer as you know.
I'm not so sure about Mrs S though.;)

Those lovely Cornish holiday homes will welcome your euros with open arms! :clap:

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Yesterday

... lots of places now do these 'Local Exchange Trading Systems' that can to a point do away with money altogether. Done properly they can work really well. Everyone basically swaps skills and items - an hour of time or an item is worth a certain amount in 'LETS' non-monetary units, there is a banking system with everyone acruing and spending according to what they need and when - and, more to the point, getting the jobs done and things that they need. Also great for building community - though it can be a bit 'cliquey' in a small place.

"LETS" -or in its previous incarnation- TRADESWAPS www.tradeswaps.co.uk is so yesterday, that it's even appeared in a TEFL textbook c.f. New English File Intermediate Workbook.(OUP). 2006. :)

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Those lovely Cornish holiday homes will welcome your euros with open arms! :clap:

That's what I'd call a warm Cornish welcome. ;)

 

[Rob Noxious]

That's what I'd call a warm Cornish welcome. ;)

But is it Cornish, Phil ? My impression (from when I lived in Porthleven) is that a lot of these holiday home-owners are 'incomers' and not the indigenous Cornish, however defined.

 

[steveo]

In fact, it works just fine, for those countries sensible enough to have signed up for it at the time.:)

Like Ireland.

 

[Mrs S]

Talking about money,this is of course just the sort of thing that was said about the Euro at and before its inception.
In fact, it works just fine, for those countries sensible enough to have signed up for it at the time.:)

Again, a completely diferent issue .........

 

[Mrs S]

That's what I'd call a warm Cornish welcome. ;)

Er, no, that's business.