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 |Initial words in prose=Moushole July ye the 3d 1776 / Sir I understand you wants to know my age. / Bluth vee eue try egence a pemp. / My age is three score and five.
 |Classification=Subject:Cornish texts;Subject:letters (correspondence);Subject:record sources for Cornwall
-|ShortDescription=<p>A short letter dated 3 July 1776 and written by William Bodinar to the antiquary Daines Barrington, who had apparently inquired after the state of the Cornish language. Bodinar provides a 12-line specimen of the language and relates that he was a boy when he learnt it (<em>Me rig deskey Cornoack termen me vee mawe</em>) from fishermen with whom he went out to sea. <br></p>
+|ShortDescription=<p>A short letter dated 3 July 1776 and written by fisherman William Bodinar to the antiquary Daines Barrington, who had apparently inquired after the state of the Cornish language. The letter is partly bilingual, providing 12 lines worth of specimens of the language, along with English renderings. Although he was not a native speaker, Bodinar relates that he was a boy when he learnt it (<em>Me rig deskey Cornoack termen me vee mawe</em>) from fishermen with whom he went out to sea and that he is still a competent speaker. He also observes that in his day, there are no more than four or five Cornish speakers in his town (Mousehole).<br></p>
 |AuthorAuto=Id:Bodinar (William)
 |Addressee=Barrington (Daines)