Glanville Price in his _The Languages of Britain_ discusses the reasons why Cornish faded away as an everyday spoken language in Cornwall. To paraphrase his reasons (Price,1984:137-8) I give the following list: 1. Industries moved from east Cornwall into west Cornwall (therefore into Cornish speaking areas) in the sixteenth century and beyond bringing English speaking immigrants working in these industries; English then came into direct competition with the Cornish language. 2. Cornish ports became more important for economical and political reasons flooding the west with people speaking languages other than Cornish (usually English). 3. English became the predominant language of politics and trade during the Tudor period making it disadvantageous to use the Cornish. 4. The reformation did not see a translation of the Bible or the Book of Common Prayer into Cornish which certainly would have helped preserve more Cornish than we have now. I have not found mentions as to the reasons of the decline of Cornish in my other sources (such as A. Thomas or Norris) but if I do, I shall be sure to post them. Anthony Velasquez Oregon State Univeristy (E-mail) velasqua@ucs.orst.edu =========================================================================