|
|
Post by londoner on Mar 10, 2008 5:52:37 GMT -5
Den heb y davas re gollas y deyr
A man without his language has lost his land
from the Penwith District Council Cornish Language page
|
|
|
|
Post by Cornish Terrier on Mar 10, 2008 8:39:39 GMT -5
Thank you for this 'londoner' - it reminds us we do have 'our own' language.  I really must find the time (and my books) and try to learn at least some of the Cornish Language. When I was there in 1994 and 1995 I bought some books on the language - Cornish Simplified, Cornish-English Dictionary etc but I have never found the time to try to work through them.  Ian |
|
kernow62
Ysel
Born again pagan.
Posts: 54
|
Post by kernow62 on Apr 3, 2008 23:54:05 GMT -5
Den heb y davas re gollas y deyr A man without his language has lost his land from the Penwith District Council Cornish Language page I hope they rightly attributed that to the first Cornish bard, Henry Jenner. It appears in his book "A Handbook of the Cornish Language" Jim www.belerionbooks.com (shameless self-plug) |
|
|
|
Post by Cornish Terrier on Apr 9, 2008 10:06:20 GMT -5
Your thoughts reciprocated - and yet another Cornish book I would like to have. (If I could find a copy and also afford to buy it. ) One And All |
|
kernow62
Ysel
Born again pagan.
Posts: 54
|
Post by kernow62 on Apr 9, 2008 23:45:36 GMT -5
Your thoughts reciprocated - and yet another Cornish book I would like to have. (If I could find a copy and also afford to buy it. ) One And All You can always get a facsimile one on CD from my website. Just Google Belerion Books. ;D I didn't want to post the actual URL as I am not sure if it is allowed. But you could look in the post I made prior to yours.  |
|
|
|
Post by Mal on Oct 25, 2008 14:54:16 GMT -5
I bought some Cornish books but they were a bit too specialistic and focused too much on grammar, I bought another one with some cassettes and it was a bit better, bleddy difficult language however!!!! Other problem is the spelling!!!
|
|
|
|
Post by Cornish Terrier on Oct 26, 2008 8:14:29 GMT -5
The Cornish language utilises the same alphabet as English - the letters are simply arranged a little bit differently! ;D
|
|
getafish460
Ysel
British by birth, Icelandic by adoption, Cornish by the grace of God!!
Posts: 106
|
Post by getafish460 on Feb 10, 2011 1:43:44 GMT -5
I like that one!!
Some of the Cornish I've seen written looks like a bad hand at scrabble.
I tried my luck at learning the language a few years ago, as I thought it my duty to do so, and I seem to have been blessed with an aptitude for learning languages (I even managed Icelandic and Foroese up to a good enough standard to register with the university in Reykjavik ) I found it not just labourious, but couldn't fathom the governing "rules" of the tongue. I decided that I'll peruse it when it takes my fancy and not make a mission out of it. It's more enjoyable that way. In the meantime I can still remember most of the phrases and words that I used as a kid at school (and still use them at times, much to the wife's annoyance (she's from the Cotswolds, you know!))
Ted
|
|
|
|
Post by londoner on Feb 10, 2011 10:39:14 GMT -5
It didn't help that until quite recently there were (at least) two different versions of the Cornish Language. Now there seems to be an accepted standardized version.
When you next visit Cornwall you will see that many sings are now bi-lingual, just as in Wales.
|
|
|
|
Post by Cornish Terrier on Feb 11, 2011 7:24:07 GMT -5
If 'many sings' are now bi-lingual does that mean there are now people who can sing in two different languages  ......................... At the same time!  |
|
|
|
Post by londoner on Feb 11, 2011 9:23:25 GMT -5
good thing I didnt typo road-signs - you would have had us all looking for singing roads! ;D
|
|
|
|
Post by Cornish Terrier on Feb 11, 2011 23:04:56 GMT -5
Heaven Forbid!  Could you imagine the cacophany created with the combination of a road singing Cornish Ballads and the 'hoon cars' driving up and down playing their head-banging garbage! ;D |
|
......................... At the same time! 
