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Post by Cornish Terrier on Nov 9, 2008 1:52:35 GMT -5
Just found a (to me) new word in the Collins English Dictionary.  conferruminated: a. (Bot.) CLOSELY ADHERED Wonder if it was created to describe West Penwith People.   ;D ;D ;D |
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Post by myghaelangof on Nov 9, 2008 12:01:45 GMT -5
Well its not in my Concise Oxford English dictionary... now where's the Cornish book... Certainly us West Penwithians, for want of a better flowing name, keep very close links with cousin marrying cousin  |
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Post by Cornish Terrier on Nov 10, 2008 11:34:27 GMT -5
I have a 1980 reprint of the 1956 edition ..... Perhaps they have updated everything and done away with the word. Maybe it was seen as getting a bit personal and was deemed offensive. ;D |
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Post by trencrom on Nov 19, 2008 4:26:02 GMT -5
Wasn't it Carew who said that all Cornish gentlemen were cousins?> So, if all Penwith folk are cousins of some sort, does that mean we are all gentry?  |
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Post by Cornish Terrier on Nov 19, 2008 7:09:25 GMT -5
I like the way you think. ;D |
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