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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Georgia>More a point of grammar than orthography but I
have never quite worked out precisely how to express the possessive
interrogative/ relative ' adjectives and pronouns, 'whose'
& 'whose?' </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Georgia></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Georgia>Whose house fell down?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Georgia>Whose house did you view?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Georgia>From whose phone were you calling?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Georgia>The man whose house you viewed.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Georgia>The man whose house fell down.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Georgia>The man on whose shoulder the pigeon
landed.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Georgia>The man whose shoulders sagged.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Georgia></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Georgia>As for the English inanimate 'of which' I won't
go there!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Georgia></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Georgia>Ewan.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Georgia></FONT> </DIV>
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style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=njawilliams@gmail.com href="mailto:njawilliams@gmail.com">nicholas
williams</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=spellyans@kernowek.net
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, July 18, 2011 5:59 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Spellyans] 'who' in
Cornish</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Georgia><FONT
class=Apple-style-span size=5><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 18px"
class=Apple-style-span>He admired the orthography of Breton more than Breton
itself. More importantly he mistakenly believed that the phonology of Middle
Cornish and Modern Breton were very close.</SPAN></FONT></FONT>
<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span size=5 face=Georgia><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 18px" class=Apple-style-span>UC writes <I>pyu</I>. Like UC
<I>yu</I> 'is' <I>pyu</I> leads to pronunciation with a rising diphthong
[ju:]. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span size=5 face=Georgia><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 18px" class=Apple-style-span>The UCR and KS spelling
<I>pyw</I> is like UCR and KS <I>yw</I>: well attested and phonetically
unambiguous.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span size=5 face=Georgia><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 18px" class=Apple-style-span><BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span size=5 face=Georgia><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 18px" class=Apple-style-span>Nicholas<BR></SPAN></FONT>
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<DIV>On 2011 Gor 18, at 17:53, Michael Everson wrote:</DIV><BR
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style="WIDOWS: 2; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; FONT: medium Helvetica; WHITE-SPACE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; LETTER-SPACING: normal; 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: 0px"
class=Apple-style-span>except that Ken George admired
Breton.</SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></DIV>
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