[Spellyans] Late Cornish adaptations

[Craig Weatherhill]

I think that Dan may be right. Let attested variants be allowed. People 
will make their own choices and I would imagine that most will choose to 
differentiate between the two words, using "ewna" and owna".

However, what excuse has the SWF for presenting us with "cons","paved 
road" (is that spelling attested, anyone?) and "cons" , "vagina". This 
wasn't the AHG which apparently did not have time to discuss the sense 
of retaining <au>; it was brought in afterwards and, in my view, should 
not have been.

In my place-name recommendations (full document gone in to Jenefer) I 
have departed from the SWF and reintroduced <au>, particularly for 
personal/saints' names such as Maunan, Maugan and Austol. To spell them 
*Monan, Mogan and Ostol was simply not acceptable historically, nor 
lingustically in my opinion, (although we do have one example of 
Pluvogan 1523).

Craig


Daniel Prohaska wrote:
>
> But <owna> is attested? Why should we not allow it alongside <ewna>. 
> We have the same Vocalic Alternation between <ewn> ~ <owna> as we have 
> with <bew> ~ <bownans>. These alternatives should not be discouraged 
> in my opinion but allowed as legitimate variants.
>
> Dan
>
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> *From:* nicholas williams
> *Sent:* Friday, August 01, 2008 12:44 PM
>
> If we use owna (cf. Gwra ouna guz furu Gwavas) for 'emend' and owna 
> for 'fear' (vb) there is ambiguity. I prefer ewna for 'correct, emend'.
>
> Nicholas
>
> On 1 Aug 2008, at 02:03, Daniel Prohaska wrote:
>
>
>
> - The spelling <hei> is attested through Lhuyd and Nicholas Boson, 
> likewise <crei>, and <chei> in John and Nicholas Boson, <chey> by 
> Borlase. These spellings are authentic. I do not understand your 
> objection;
>
> - <ouna> is attested for the verb “to put right”;
>
> I would hardly call this fake-Cornish.
>
> Dan
>
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