[Spellyans] musical 'score' ?

[Craig Weatherhill]

Cornish also has the word "scorya", meaning "mine waste" and deriving  
from Latin.  P.N. Scorrier (Scorya 1350).

Craig



On 1 Ebr 2012, at 15:05, Nicholas Williams wrote:

> The English word 'score' is in origin a Norse borrowing meaning  
> 'cut, gash'. It then comes to mean a notch on a stick, a mark. From  
> this sense develops the idea of the sporting score, i.e. points  
> marked on a stick. It also comes to mean a music score, i.e. the  
> markings representing music.
> The obvious way of rendering 'score' in Cornish would be to adopt  
> the English word as follows: n. scor m., plural scorow and vb  
> scorya. Then one could say scoryans for 'scoring' a piece of music.  
> Scor, scorya, scoryans could also be used in a sporting connection.
>
> Nicholas
>
> On 1 Apr 2012, at 14:07, Janice Lobb wrote:
>
>> That's fine if you have a number of players/singers making music  
>> together -doesn't sound so good for individuals.
>> Jan
>
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