<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Baskerville" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">I resigned in exasperation. The Gorsedd allows and indeed supports Kernewek Kemmyn which in my view isn't Cornish.</span></font><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Baskerville" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">The Gorsedd doesn't therefore support the language — which is one of its aims.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Baskerville" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">I and Graham Thomas were awarded the Holyer an Gof award this year for Bewnans Ke.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Baskerville" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">I didn't accept it. </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Baskerville" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Baskerville" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">My second Christian name is Jonathan, not John.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Baskerville" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Baskerville" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">Nicholas</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Baskerville" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">------------</span></font></div><div><br><div><div>On 20 Jul 2008, at 18:29, Pat wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">When awarded a Bardship it is for life, and my understanding is that one has to formally resign.</div><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Not paying annual dues would only mean that after a period of time all Gorseth mailings would cease.</div><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> </div><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Pat <br><br></div><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">----- Original Message ----<br>From: Michael Everson <<a href="mailto:everson@evertype.com">everson@evertype.com</a>><br>To: Standard Cornish discussion list <<a href="mailto:spellyans@kernowek.net">spellyans@kernowek.net</a>><br>Sent: Sunday, 20 July, 2008 11:15:28 AM<br>Subject: Re: [Spellyans] More on bys/bes words and diacritical marks<br><br>Dr. Nicholas John Anselm Williams (Golvan 1962) resigned.<br>William David Mudd (Map Arwenack 1967) resigned.<br>Craig Weatherhill (Delynyer Hendhyscans 1981) resigned.<br>Patricia Lay (Myrghs Altarnon 1992) resigned.<br><br>That's it. Four of them. And the Gorseth seems to make a lot of this.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>What's it mean? The honour is bestowed for service to Cornwall (apart<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>from the "language-bardships" by examination). That service was done,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>the honour awarded. What does "resignation" mean? Is it when one just<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>quits paying his or her dues?<br>--<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Michael Everson *<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.evertype.com/" target="_blank">http://www.evertype.com</a><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Spellyans mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Spellyans@kernowek.net" ymailto="mailto:Spellyans@kernowek.net">Spellyans@kernowek.net</a><br><a href="http://kernowek.net/mailman/listinfo/spellyans_kernowek.net" target="_blank">http://kernowek.net/mailman/listinfo/spellyans_kernowek.net</a><br></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>Spellyans mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Spellyans@kernowek.net">Spellyans@kernowek.net</a><br><a href="http://kernowek.net/mailman/listinfo/spellyans_kernowek.net">http://kernowek.net/mailman/listinfo/spellyans_kernowek.net</a><br></div></span></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>