The Germanic invaders of Britain, later to be called the English, did everything in their power to retrieve a lost language; conquered by the Normans who'd introduced their own dialect, which was soon replaced by Occitan; common Germanic words became swear words, a new English was discovered from a mixture of Latin & Greek that became the lingua franca of 2 thirds of the world. Good on them, an example for we the Welsh, Cornish & Bretons to follow, we should be respected for trying to defend our cultures, Cornish/Welsh/Breton, not to be abused by our own who prefer to look for the greater good elsewhere.