[Spellyans] Place names

[Craig Weatherhill]

Tom - lenition to proper nouns does not occur after 'eglos' and  
mustn't be introduced - you'll find Eglostetha, Eglosmadern,  
Eglosberyan (never Eglosdetha or Eglosvadern - a very late Eglosveryan  
does exist but is most likely a hypercorrection).  Why this is, we  
don't know for certain: it might a rule pertaining to proper nouns or  
it could be that devoicing is caused by the final S of eglos.  Lan, on  
the other hand, nearly always causes lenition to the following proper  
noun.

Craig


On 28 Gen 2010, at 14:07, Tom Trethewey wrote:

> There is a very good "reason for it".  The Cornish form (I favour  
> Eglosveryan) indicates the pronunciation, while the Anglicized St  
> Buryan is ambiguous in this respect.
>
> Tom
>
> --- On Thu, 28/1/10, John Nash <mim.oldwellstudio at btinternet.com>  
> wrote:
>
> From: John Nash <mim.oldwellstudio at btinternet.com>
> Subject: [Spellyans] Place names
> To: "Standard Cornish discussion list" <spellyans at kernowek.net>
> Date: Thursday, 28 January, 2010, 10:12
>
> How much support are people finding for Cornish to be used in public  
> signage? I recently mailed St Buryan Parish council to ask why our  
> very nice brand new village sign didn't include somehwere the name  
> in Cornish, as this wouldn't have added to the cost. The answer was  
> simply that "they saw no reason for it" and that "of the eleven  
> councillors, ten were St Buryan born and bred".
> Oll an gwella
> John Nash
> Lamorna (Sadly, not born and bred in St Buryan)
>
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Craig Weatherhill