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And the Cornish word for today is . . . . .
morvran Posted: 21.07.2008, 15:28

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marhakPot and kettle, methinks. The message is quite simple, you be unpleasant to me, and I'll be unpleasant to you. No hypocrisy in that, especially as I have the gonads to do so knowing that everyone on this forum knows who I am. You, on the other hand, continue to hide behind your pseudonym.


Would you two gentlemen please step outside if you intend to have a punch-up. Or do we need to start a "Cornish insult of the day" thread. That might at least expand the language in a colourful way icon_razz

Seventy Percent of "competent & frequent" Cornish users prefer to write KK! (MAGA/CLP Survey)
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marhak Posted: 21.07.2008, 16:20

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I'm grateful to you, Keith, for referring to me as a gentleman. Very nice of you.
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Laghyades Posted: 29.07.2008, 01:18

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last visit: 22.10.08 		" Or do we need to start a "Cornish insult of the day" thread. That might at least expand the language in a colourful way"

What a splendid idea! I'll get right on it.

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Laghyades Posted: 21.10.2008, 01:26

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last visit: 22.10.08 		arnow m. - storm damage
arnowydh adj - modern

When all those recent housing developments lose their roofing in the next gale, don't say the Cornish language didn't give ample warning.


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Eddie-C Posted: 21.10.2008, 07:39

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morvranSeventy Percent of "competent & frequent" Cornish users prefer to write KK! (MAGA/CLP Survey)
Alternatively, up to 70% of "competent and frequent" KK Cornish users lied about their "competence and frequency."

Or, up to 70% of "competent and frequent" KK Cornish users are sockpuppets (multiple fake IDs from each real person).

The MAGA survey doesn't distinguish between all these possibilities, unfortunately.

But --silly me!-- who would ever believe the KK hardkore capable of lying?

ps. the word for today is KEMMYN.

As an interesting aside, one might note that there are 2 etymologies for the Scots name 'Campbell', only one of which is favoured by the bearers of that surname. Themselves, they prefer the italianate 'campo bello' (beautiful field), while their unfriends trace the name to the more plausible Gaelic, 'cam beul' or 'crooked mouth'.

In a similar vein, 'kemmyn' comes from 'cam+myn > kem+myn' (with vowel affection in the compound word) where, as in Gaelic, K.'cam' carries the figurative meanings of crooked, mistaken or untruthful.

I daresay that, just as with the Campbells, there is a more euphemistic derivation than "crooked mouth", which would be favoured by the users of KK themselves.



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KS: selven an Furf Screfys Savonek? -- Ya, hep wow!

Kernewek Hengovek? -- Sur, nyns us nahen!
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