Breton
The Breton language, spoken in Brittany (France), is a Celtic language rather than a Romance language, but is heavily influenced by French. It retains an alveolar trill in some dialects.
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Famous quotes containing the word breton:
“Much ado there was, God wot,
He would love and she would not.
She said, never man was true;
He said, none was false to you.”
—Nicholas Breton (1542–1626)
“Come, little boy, and rock asleep;
Sing lullaby and be thou still;
I, that can do naught else but weep,
Will sit by thee and wail my fill:
God bless my babe, and lullaby
From this thy father’s quality.”
—Nicholas Breton (1542–1626)
“It is impossible for me to envisage a picture as being other than a window, and ... my first concern is then to know what it looks out on.”
—André Breton (1896–1966)