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Post by myghaelangof on Nov 6, 2008 10:29:51 GMT -5
More precisely Bos an Gof is 'house of the smith'. Bos, a fairly common Cornish prefix literally means 'dwelling'. Hence Bos an gof would be my home literally, me being An Gof! A useful site for language is www.cornish-language.orgDha weles, Myghael An Gof.
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Post by Mal on Nov 6, 2008 10:34:06 GMT -5
So is it feasible that Bosanco could be a corruption of Bos an gof?
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Post by Mal on Nov 6, 2008 11:11:17 GMT -5
Just found this, it seems that two different names may have been confused here
BOSANKETH, BOSANQUET bos Angawd, dwelling of Angawd
BOSANKO, BOSANKOE, BESANKO bos ancow, dwelling of death, or bos an cos, dwelling in the wood
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Post by getafish460 on Feb 10, 2011 1:30:48 GMT -5
Joining in a bit late I think, but I went to school in Peranporth and as young children we all spoke a vague mixed up version of the local Cornish dialect, heavily anglicised, in the playground, amongst ourselves, but had to speak "proper" English in the classroom. As previously mentioned, we had all heard those words from our families and used them as commonplace, although if you'd asked any one of us what some of them meant literally, we wouldn't have been able to tell you, but we all used the same words or phrases in the same contexts as if they were a language all of their own. It was only when I moved "up-country" with my parents at the age of ten, that I realised that more than half of my new friends had little idea of what it was that I was talking about. "cussed emmetts!!" Ted
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2011 21:49:15 GMT -5
I received a nice little book, from Cornwall, 'Cornish Family Names' by Bob Richards. It isn't all inclusive, but it does cover over 100 of the most common Cornish names, with their variants, and covers the areas where many families originated. You can out more about it at www.thehistorypress.co.uk I purchased mine through www.thecornishstore.com , they are located in Falmouth.
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