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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>So sad! Back when I started an interest in Cornish, the only source of anything like a modern coherent language was R Morton Nance, building on Jenner, and it was unthinkable that any Cornish Language revival would not just build on that start! My interest is the comparative study of all Celtic Languages, modern and historical, and it is so frustrating not to have a single definitive source of modern Cornish that is also true to its historical evolution.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Herbie<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>eMail: <a href="mailto:kevin.blackburn1@ntlworld.com"><span style='color:#0563C1'>kevin.blackburn1@ntlworld.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Webdings;color:green'>P</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:green'>Please consider the environment before printing this eMail – try re-cycling your clutter </span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US> Spellyans [mailto:spellyans-bounces@kernowek.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>jeneferlowe@gmail.com<br><b>Sent:</b> 16 January 2020 14:30<br><b>To:</b> 'Standard Cornish discussion list' <spellyans@kernowek.net><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Spellyans] Grammar<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Which is precisely why I refused to endorse it when the first edition came out and I was still in the office. That said, the same criticism can be applied to various other efforts from those of all persuasions. Unfortunately the Cornish language movement seems hell-bent on continuing the in-fighting and maintaining divisions. And we are not alone. Anyone see the facebook post on the person who wants to replace double letters in Welsh with new graphs on signposts?!!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Jenefer<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US> Spellyans <<a href="mailto:spellyans-bounces@kernowek.net">spellyans-bounces@kernowek.net</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Raymond Chubb<br><b>Sent:</b> 15 January 2020 19:50<br><b>To:</b> Standard Cornish discussion list <<a href="mailto:spellyans@kernowek.net">spellyans@kernowek.net</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Spellyans] Grammar<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>You will also notice that there is no mention of the ‘Alternative Traditional Graphs' or the ‘Late Variant’. Clearly the dictionary is aimed only at those who are coming to the SWF from a KK background.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 15Gen2020, at 18:24, Craig Weatherhill <<a href="mailto:craig@agantavas.org">craig@agantavas.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I note that p.65 of the current SWF Learner’s Dictionary (2nd edition) states that the only comprehensive grammar that is available is W. Brown’s book. This, despite the fact that Nicholas’s excellent and far more comprehensive grammar ‘Desky Kernowek’ has been available for a few years now (and certainly well before the publication of this dictionary). This is not, in my view, a mistake. It’s a deliberate omission which I find disgusting.<br><br>What is the matter with these people?<br><br>Craig<br>_______________________________________________<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><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>Ray Chubb<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>Portreth <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>Kernow<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>