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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Georgia>Eddie,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Georgia>I think you have hit the nail on the head for why
many of us are instinctivelt attracted to UC ( and UCR, for that matter!) Its
grammar and orthography IS largely a standardising exercise and
combined with UCR's vocabulary enrichment one feels it really is reflecting
how the language worked and was used. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Georgia>As for the large corpus of UC literature it
would seem silly deliberately to cut oneself off from it by going for a
quite altered orthography. However I must also be honest and say I find the idea
of the Late Cornish very appealling too. Lots of hard research have gone
into it and one senses it IS the language of the later speakers with whom it is
putting us in touch. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Georgia>Would others agree that in some ways the UC/UCR-
LC distinction parallels the difference we find in Welsh between the Colloquial
and the Literary registers, or is there a bigger gulf?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Georgia>Anyway, it's good to know that if I continue
with UC/UCR ( my own favourite, I guess) it won't all be for
nothing.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Georgia>Anyone have experience of the old Llawlyfr
Cernyweg Canol by Lewis? I know it's in Welsh but is it any good in its analysis
of MiddleCornish, and how does it tie in with UC? Or is it largely a
waste of money?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Georgia>Ewan.</FONT> </DIV>
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<A title=eddie_climo@yahoo.co.uk href="mailto:eddie_climo@yahoo.co.uk">Eddie
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, June 08, 2010 5:52
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Spellyans] An SWF glossary
& Unified versus SWF</DIV>
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<DIV>On 8 Efn 2010, at 16:29, Ray Chubb wrote:</DIV><BR
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<DIV>Unified should not be looked at from a totally linguistic point of
view. </DIV></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<DIV>Agreed, but UC can stand up to such scrutiny. The group of people who
collaborated on designing UC were fine linguists who crafted well. Moreover,
their hearts were in the right place: not for them the factional back-stabbing
we've seen far too much of over the last quarter century.</DIV><BR>
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<DIV>Nance's original aim of using an orthography based on historical
Cornish at its zenith, simply standardising out some irregularities, is
still a valid one and will remain an attractive one to future generations
who have put some thought into which form of Cornish they are going to
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<DIV>Indeed. Unlike some forms of Revived Cornish, UC has stood the test of
time, and given Kernewegoryon over 80 years of valuable service. It is, in my
opinion, the classic form of revived Middle Cornish, and is as valid now as it
was when launched all those years ago. Its designers have earned an honoured
place in the history of our language, unlike some of today's wannabes.</DIV>
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<DIV>Moreover, it has a massive literature that has built up over that period,
and the reality is that —despite the efforts of modern bowdlerisers and
plagiarists in the KKesva, and elsewhere— most of it will never be republished
in any other orthography. Anyone who aspires to 'Tota Cornicitas' cannot
simply wish that corpus away.</DIV>
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<DIV>In the face of this large corpus of UC, Kernewegoryon now and in the
years to come will be obliged (at the very least) to read UC, even if they
choose not to write it.</DIV>
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<DIV>Perhaps the same might be said by future generations (post 2013) about
the substantial (and growing corpus) of KS literature that is currently being
created.</DIV><BR>
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<DIV>Therefore Christian's opinion that Unified will only last until the
current users die out could well be
mistaken.</DIV></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><BR></DIV>
<DIV>I very much suspect it is mistaken. I, for one, love UC and will continue
to study and write in it.</DIV>
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<DIV>Gwren ny perthy cof a un poynt a skyans a glewas Jowan Chy an Horth y'n
whethel mur y vry:</DIV>
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<DIV><BR class=Apple-interchange-newline>Eddie Foirbeis Climo</DIV>
<DIV>- -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- -</DIV>
<DIV>Dres ethom akennow byner re bo lyeshes</DIV>
<DIV><I>Accenti non multiplicandi praeter
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