V Tree
A large V shaped pine tree on the Antony estate near Torpoint...
Seaton Beach
Located at the bottom of the Seaton River valley this sand and shingle beach is popular with families. At low tide it joins up with Downderry around the headland...
Seaton River
The Seaton River as it flows out of the valley and through the village of the same name...
Portwrinkle
Looking down over the one time fishing village of Portwrinkle. In the background is the start of Whitsand Bay as it stretches 4 miles down the Rame Peninsula...
Said to be derived from 'Attila', 5th Century Branch Manager of Hunnic Household Finance. HHF's penalty for loan defaulting was said to be "Two vital organs - our choice".
LAGHYADES Y kewsir flour Kernewek trogh (Broken Cornish spoken perfectly)
Many years ago, at University, I knew this linguist. He had a natural flair for picking up languages. Of Spanish extraction, he was. He already knew all the Latin derived languages (Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, French, Romanian), plus Dutch, German, Russian, and so on. I remember he picked up a working knowledge of Gaelic in about 6 or 7 weeks. (Working knowledge ? Well, remember the lines from Blackadder....."I can order coffee, deal with waiters, make sexy chit-chat with the ladies -- just don't ask me to teach brain surgery or direct a light opera."
At any rate, despite such a great natural ability, he still had a few tricks up his sleeve. One was a method for remembering vocabulary. He made the point that, if you can derive a mental picture for a foreign word, the more outrageous or humorous the better, it assists greatly in remembering it.
LAGHYADES Y kewsir flour Kernewek trogh (Broken Cornish spoken perfectly)
And with that in mind, the Cornish word for today is :
DAMPNYA - (v) to damn (as in, to Hell)
Derived from the English verb "to dampen".
Cognisant of the fact that neither hellfire nor any other extreme underground heat held any fear or discomfort for the Cornish miners -- after all, worried about catching cold in the afterlife of eternal damnation, they had been known to send back for their blankets -- the medieval church decided to add an eighth circle of Hell especially for the Cornish. Therein, every Cornishman condemned to Hell is up to his bottom lip in muck ..... liquid filth. And rather than "Abandon all hope ye who enter here", the words written up on the portal of the Cornish circle of Hell are "Do not make waves".
And every Saturday, Satan goes water-skiing.
LAGHYADES Y kewsir flour Kernewek trogh (Broken Cornish spoken perfectly)
Derived from the porn star of the same name, who fulfilled every man’s fantasy by not only making the guy a full cooked breakfast the next morning, but ironing his shirt as well.
edited by: Laghyades, Oct 02, 2007 - 04:22 AM
LAGHYADES Y kewsir flour Kernewek trogh (Broken Cornish spoken perfectly)
Thanks for that one.
Then there's this violent little word, for which Nance gives a long list of English equivalents, so many that it'd be just about the only one a Cornish comic writer would need in his/her action balloons:
squattya - to hit, knock, break, crash, squash, chop, smash, bump, bang, etc.; (of a mine) abandon working.
This English loan comes from a little-known variant of Cornish omdowl (that has found great popularity in Japan), and the name describes the ritual E. squatting the contestants indulge in before the main stramash itself.
The Japanese had to rename it, because 'omadowra' (as they would pronounce the Cornish word in their syllabary) has unfortunately obscene connotations in their own language. Thus, because they felt that it was the ultimate SUM of 'Omdowl' they dubbed it (in less unfortunate Cornish)
'Gaseth' is UCR, LC has 'wheroder' I dont know what KK uses, as I cannot locate it in a KK dictionary.
Problem is what term will KS use or for that matter any new standard.
This is going to happen with a lot of the lexicon where different forms use different terms for similar things or concepts.
Lexicon is a different matter from orthography. Even in the UCR dictionary we had a tendency to be catholic and inclusive of words. We always retained words attested in the corpus, but did not tend to shun other words in use. The new dictionary should be inclusive, I should think.
Geseth looks like it's from ges, e.g. gul ges 'to make fun (of someone)'. So Geseth would mean 'joking' or 'mocking'.
I can't see that that's really irony. Irony is saying the opposite of what you believe, usually in a tone that makes this plain. E.g. "Isn't he clever!" when your meaning is "what a fool!"
Tim's right about the need for precision. Many of Nance's 'translations' have no textual basis.
Williams would have gesya for 'joking' and gwyl ges a for 'mocking'. He gives gesedhus 'ironic', gesedhek 'ironical', and geseth 'irony'. So he is making a distinction.
Welsh has eironig and eironi (borrowed from English). Breton has godisus and godis (borrowed from Old French goder 'to joke', to mock').
I don't really think Williams' terms are objectionable in that context, do you?
Or in the words of Bart Simpson
"The ironing is delicious'
(delycyous ew an levnans' po 'delicyous ew an plattians') although does not really work in Cornish.
Sanctuary man jailed over abuse
The former owner of a donkey sanctuary is jailed for five years for sexually abusing young girls.
Lorry stuck between buildings
A wrong turn ends in embarrassment for a lorry driver as his vehicle gets stuck in a Cornish village.
Police save harbour jump suspect
A man attempting to run from police is rescued by them after jumping into a harbour in Cornwall.
Why sweet turns sour for kirsty, 12
A young girl has banned a make of confectionery from her house after reading claims that one of the world's largest producers tests its products on animals.
Fair aids animals
A fair at Perranaworthal village hall raised important funds for two animal charities on Saturday, May 3.
Charity walk: Dogs and their owners join forces in trek for worthy cause
Rosemullion Veterinary Practice held their second annual charity dog walk on Sunday with great success.
Let's get it right, town is urged
People in Hayle have been urged to play their part in the upcoming harbour development consultation process amid concerns that thousands of extra homes could lead to traffic chaos.
Shaving head for big appeal
A 47-year-old carer, who says she is not brave enough to do a bungey jump, is nevertheless prepared to have her head shaved for charity.
We live and learn - nice one!
